Verboticism: Plunderachiever

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DEFINITION: n. A team member who always shares the workload, but nevertheless tries to get exclusive credit for any work done. v. To temporarily suppress your own need for self-aggrandizement.

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Plunderachiever

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: plun-der-a-chee-ver

Sentence: Max was a plunderachiever because of his highly competitive nature. He blatantly took credit for the ideas of his coworkers to get ahead. One day, however, he became the office goat when he tried to take credit for Martha's recommendation to add another ladies room to the office.

Etymology: (play on underachiever) plunder: to take another's intellectual property + achiever: successful, a winner

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Comments: Plunderachiever

Jabberwocky - 2009-06-10: 11:45:00
good one

mweinmann - 2009-06-10: 19:52:00
really good word...got my vote!

hyperborean - 2009-06-11: 00:45:00
Perfect word.

Mustang - 2009-06-11: 02:49:00
Excellent!