Verboticism: Mallbearer

'I guess I'll do a little window shopping...'

DEFINITION: v. What boyfriends and husbands do while they are waiting their girlfriends and/or wives to shop. n. A person doing such a thing.

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Mallbearer

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: pawl-BAIR-uhr

Sentence: Bob confessed to friends that he would rather go to a funeral than be a mallbearer on one of Roxie's shopping trips.

Etymology: Blend of MALL: (as in shopping mall)mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; & PALLBEARER: One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; so called from the pall being formerly carried by them; PALL: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; grim, gloomy, foreboding.

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Comments: Mallbearer

Jabberwocky - 2008-08-27: 16:04:00
excellent

Nosila - 2008-08-28: 01:38:00
Ah, death by debit, all sales final, slashed prices, coffin up more cash...Debt of a Salesman!

metrohumanx - 2008-08-28: 03:35:00
Bravo! More! More!