Verboticism: Menuisance
DEFINITION: v. To call a phone "help line" and spend 45 minutes pushing buttons and screaming at dumb voice-recognition system, before being automatically disconnected. n. A push-button or voice-activated phone menu system designed to irritate those who use it.
Menuisance
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: men/yoo'/sance
Sentence: Jamagra discovered she could menuance her way through many menuisances by simply pressing "0" as soon as the list of "pressing" alternatives began.
Etymology: "menuisance" - menu + nuisance "menuance" - menu + nuance
Points: 935