Verboticisms

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: klok/stawk

Sentence: Jim, our obnoxious, irritating, micro manager, clockstalks every employee ensuring that they give 110% of their working time to the company.

Etymology: clock + stalk

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COMMENTS:

Great word with many applications. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:47:00

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Created by: arrrteest

Pronunciation: klok-ants

Sentence: Angie had been working late for the past few weeks without any complaint or second thought. That is, until she had to leave on time to get home to fix dinner for her fiance's parents. She was clockant as she tip-toed past her boss's office. Breathing a sigh of relief when she cleared the doorway, she looked up and he was right in front of her. "Leaving, are you?" he said in a snooty voice. She pretended not to hear him and slipped out the door.

Etymology: clock, a device for noting the time + ant

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Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: the/agony/and/the/exit/see

Sentence: Every Friday the staff suffered from theagonyandtheexitsee as they tried to creep past Hal the monitor.

Etymology: the agony and the ecstasy + exit + see

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COMMENTS:

Clever word compilation! - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-16: 16:53:00

Love it! - Nosila, 2009-06-17: 01:36:00

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Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: tik-com-poop

Sentence: My boss is a real ticcompoop. He even has a ticcompooter to calculate how may seconds we spend in the washroom.

Etymology: tick + nimcompoop

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: bos tard

Sentence: He was a real bostard and would sit by the door watching the clock just in case some one tried to sneak out before 5:00pm

Etymology: boss + tard

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: krawn-in-TIM-eh-dayt

Sentence: The new office manager moved his desk to the area next to the door and hung a huge clock on the wall just above his head and anytime anyone appeared to be on the way out early he would chronintimidate them by pointing to the clock and shaking his head.

Etymology: Blend of chronometer (clock) and intimidate.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: our/grass

Sentence: Stan was the company hourgrass and would tattle on anyone who took a minute longer for coffee breaks or lunch. He had a special alarm that would sound if the door was opened before 5:00 p.m.

Etymology: hour glass + grass (as in tattle)

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COMMENTS:

Stan sounds like a grasshole! - Nosila, 2009-06-16: 10:48:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: tīmbēing

Sentence: Tom works for the timebeing. That timebeing is his boss. It doesn't seem to matter how much he gets done or that he arrives early and skips lunch, closing time is closing time. Tom and his boss do a mental minute waltz as 5 o'clock approaches. The fact that the boss's office is aligned with the hallway Tom uses for his escape makes him seem something like a troll guarding a bridge.

Etymology: time (the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future) + being (a real or imaginary living creature)

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COMMENTS:

very cerebral - bookowl, 2009-06-16: 16:46:00

creepy - mrskellyscl, 2009-06-16: 16:55:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: micro/man/ger/ment

Sentence: Sue felt overwhelming micromangerment when her boss never saw the big picture but always obsessed about ridiculous aspects of the job like clock watching.

Etymology: micromanagement + anger

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COMMENTS:

Nice word: sorta has a "dog in the manger" feel about it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:42:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: chrawn - AUWM - uh - tyz

Sentence: Edgar had developed the annoying habit of perching where he could see all his workers as quitting time approached and he would attempt to chronaumatize anyone who even looked as though they might be trying to sneak out a few minutes early.

Etymology: Blend of chronometer (clock) and traumatize.

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COMMENTS:

I know people like that - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-23: 09:03:00

Lumberg!!! - scissorlips, 2008-04-23: 10:58:00

Lumberg,indeed! Nice blend. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 17:45:00

Lumberg it is! Uhhh, what or who is Lumberg? Or dare I ask? LOL - Mustang, 2008-04-23: 20:00:00

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