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DEFINITION: v., To imply that person is usually unhelpful when asking for their assistance. n., An unwilling, unproductive and uninhibitedly useless helper.
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Goferloafer
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: gōfərlōfər
Sentence: When Harry hired his nephew as an office assistant, he thought he would get some much-needed help. What he got was a goferloafer. Where Harry saw somebody to run errands, the nephew saw the insides of his eyelids.
Etymology: gofer (a person who runs errands) + loafer (a person who idles time away)
Procrastinag
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: pro-CRAHS-ti-nag / ap-a-THEH-tro-pist
Sentence: Maddy procrastinagging drove Thomas to finally confront the fact that he was a apathethropist and he vowed he would get right to reversing it...tomorrow.
Etymology: v: procrati(nate) + nag n: apathy + philanthropist (one who gives unselfishly)
Malsamaritan
Created by: mitchdb
Pronunciation: mahl-s&-'mer-&-t&n
Sentence: Hundreds of speeding motorists buzzed by the stranded woman; none of those malsamaritans even bothered to slow down to see if she needed help.
Etymology: Mal (bad) + samaritan
Slowth
Created by: LoftyDreamer
Pronunciation: slowth (long o)
Sentence: Hey, stop slowthing around and help me clean up after your mother!
Etymology: slow (not speedy) + sloth (iconically slow or inactive animal)
Supineman
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SOO - pin - man
Sentence: Sprawled on the sofa and unconscious to the world about him, supineman George was once again a non contributor to the days happenings.
Etymology: Supine, laying down, + man
Disbeerchanted
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: dis-beer-chan-ted
Sentence: Ray was so disbeerchanted with Liz's demands that he couldn't move.
Etymology: Added beer in the middle of disenchanted after taking off the 'en' using only dis and chanted with beer in the middle- Disappointed or disillusioned and doesn't care because the beer has numbed that part of your brain.
Unhelper
Created by: Batavier
Pronunciation: UN-HELP-UR
Sentence: Jack was still sitting behind his game console, playing games. His mother, who had asked him to do the dishes several times before, shouted at him: "Jack! You big unhelper! Get your behind in the kitchen. NOW!"
Etymology: Un (denial) + Helper
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COMMENTS:
Nice and simple. - ErWenn, 2007-10-05: 14:10:00
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Assistcant
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: uh/sist/kant
Sentence: Because of family politics and pressures, I had to hire my useless, lazy, out-of-work again cousin as my assistcant.
Etymology: assistant + can't (the game won't let me put in the apostrophe however)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent. - ErWenn, 2007-10-05: 14:10:00
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Coachactive
Created by: hank1234
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I just coachactivated myself - go away!
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ChristopherAndersen. Thank you ChristopherAndersen! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by ChristopherAndersen. Thank you ChristopherAndersen. ~ James