Verboticism: Goaddigger

'When I said that you're a loser, I meant it as a compliment.'

DEFINITION: v. To exercise power through the strategic use of personal insults, while pretending to offer encouragement. n. A leader who motivates people by insulting them.

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Goaddigger

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: gode/diggur

Sentence: Our new MD is such a goaddigger that he simultaneously hurls insults and backslaps with lightening speed, "Builds moral" he screams as he steps over a flattened colleague

Etymology: goad + digger (supervisor) + gold digger (bully, vixen, tease)

Points: 443

Comments: Goaddigger

galwaywegian - 2007-06-12: 06:22:00
very goad

petaj - 2007-06-12: 08:06:00
incellent in fact!

Clayton - 2007-06-12: 08:52:00
Someone needs to inform Jim Goad. Very apropos.

Jabberwocky - 2007-06-12: 09:42:00
hey Clayton - I didn't even know who Jim Goad was so I googled and guess what - today's his birthday! doo doo doo doo

Clayton - 2007-06-12: 09:48:00
That's some really serious weirdness right there.

jadenguy - 2007-06-12: 10:09:00
also creepy, appearantly he was a total jerkface. what a coincidence!

purpleartichokes - 2007-06-12: 10:22:00
An auth-hole?

Clayton - 2007-06-12: 10:28:00
Depends on who you ask. That's the reason I said it was apropos, though... because Goad's writing is plenty insulting and misanthropic at times. But then again, so was Mark Twain's, Celine's, and Vonnegut's at times. If you ask me, Goad's material is terribly funny.