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'Do you really get paid to insult people?'

DEFINITION: n. A person who insults people for a living. v. To get paid to insult your customers.

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Defamician

Created by: emmyb2

Pronunciation: deh-fah-mission

Sentence: The defamician worked hard to ruin everyone's egos.

Etymology: defame + ician (one who does)

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Abusedriver

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: a/boos/dry/vur

Sentence: This morning there was a subway shut down so I had to take the bus and listen to abusedriver hurl insults at every unsuspecting passenger who tried to exit by the front doors

Etymology: bus driver + abuse

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Affrontperson

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: af front per son

Sentence: Venoma had found the perfect job. She worked as an affrontperson for the telephone company at their fancy head office. It was jokingly called the Customer Service Dept; but employees there were encouraged to trade insults with patrons, both in person and over the phone. She worked with 2 others, Rudy & Curt and she always won the insult competitions the department had each week. Her family motto was, "The best defence is a good offense" and she strived to live up to that motto. Imagine her surprise when they were all told that the company was closing shop locally and farming it's business overseas...globalization it was called. But Venoma landed on her feet by being sent overseas to train the new employees on how to insult the customers, even with a strong foreign accent.

Etymology: Afront (a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront;treat, mention, or speak to rudely) & Person (a human being)

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COMMENTS:

Hilarious and so true! Love the names Venoma, Rudy and Curt, too! - splendiction, 2009-11-09: 20:22:00

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Jobloquist

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: JOB-lo-queest

Sentence: Roxie's success as a jobloquist was just the beginnning of her plans for a worldwide franchise of Insultoriums. "Just imagine" she said to Bob. "We could train Crapenters to care for Building Industry workers, especially plumbers; Jivesqwawkers for musicians and entertainers and Fleermongers for doomsday prophets." Bob loved the idea of making squillions, but was concerned at a growing trend in Roxie's behaviour of "bringing her work home."

Etymology: JOB: Employment & OBLOQUY: reproach, vile, evil speaking, revilement& IST:practisers. COGNATES:JOBLOQUY, JOBLOQUISTER

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COMMENTS:

The possibilities are endless.....slurfing the net? - Mustang, 2008-06-30: 23:07:00

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Backtoyourfacespeaker

cristaleo

Created by: cristaleo

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Demeanager

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: deh mee na jur

Sentence: The demeanager headed up the inhuman resources department.

Etymology: manager demean

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COMMENTS:

good one - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-01: 09:14:00

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Profijeerer

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: prof/i/jeer/or

Sentence: Jenny is a professional profijeerer, who makes her living at celebrity roasts.

Etymology: PROFIJEERER - noun - from PROFITEER (someone who makes a profit on the sale of difficult to obtain goods) + JEERER (someone who jeers, or mocks, or treats someone with contempt)

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COMMENTS:

Like it a lot- fab word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-30: 08:15:00

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Rickler

metrohumanx

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: RICK-LUHR (rickled)

Sentence: Forget the banker and the TV sales maven… They’re not so clever- just clumsy and craven. Worse than a sort of a mental french tickler- Is an insult received from a really sick RICKLER

Etymology: The master: Don Rickles. A stand-up and club comic for over 60 years, Rickles all but invented insult comedy.

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metrohumanx http://www.wolframalpha.com/ - metrohumanx, 2009-11-09: 02:23:00

You rickled my funny bone... - Nosila, 2009-11-09: 21:53:00

metrohumanx You are COMPOSED of funny bones, Kiddo! - metrohumanx, 2009-11-10: 04:57:00

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Barrackowhama

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: bar rak o wha ma

Sentence: Julie was a regular Barrackowhama. Her tongue was like a rapier, her wit was sardonic and her retorts were as snide as they were deadly quick. No one ever won a verbal victory over her. Her favourite soda was Spite, her favourite cocktail was a Stinger and she enjoyed holidaying in the Vitriolic Islands. When others were cutting back, she was affronting and her favourite actor was William Hurt. Her abuse knew no boundaries and no one was exempt from her derision. She loved being scurrilious and enjoyed driving her new car, a black Invective. She could vituberate better than any Marine drill sargent and always played offense when she played high school football. Yes, Julie could revile for hours and never tire of the insults she threw around contumely like seeds of grain to the wind. Luckily her new job would allow her to use her skills and be paid well for it. She starts next week with the UN Diplomatic Corps!

Etymology: barrack (laugh at with contempt and derision) & wham (hit hard) & of course Barack Obama (for rhyming fun)

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Funny! Great etymology. - Mustang, 2008-06-30: 22:38:00

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Walmartyr

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: wal-martyr

Sentence: He didn't enjoy his job at the store much. So made it more fun by becoming a walmartyr i.e. making it clear he wasn't happy by insulting all the customers.

Etymology: walmart (a multinational retailer) + martyr (someone who seeks sympathy by exaggerating their pain or suffering)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 00:20:00
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you for sharing! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 01:39:00
Weeklink is at it again! Read Verbotoweek! A look back at last week's weirdest words and funniest comments. See the Verbotomy Blog.

playdohheart playdohheart - 2007-04-23: 07:09:00
That gentleman bears a striking resemblance to Bruce McCulloch.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 09:35:00
I hope Mr. McCulloch isn't insulted... ~ James

ErWenn - 2007-04-23: 18:17:00
I've often noticed that the verbotoons have striking similarities to famous people. I wonder if the artist uses reference photos...

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-23: 22:38:00
As Kurt Vonnegut said of his novels, this artwork is fiction and "All persons living or dead are purely coincidental, and should not be construed." Except of course, for the drawing of Vonnegut himself, which is meant to be who it appears to be. ~ James

ErWenn - 2007-04-24: 00:11:00
Everybody's coincidental? All 12 billion of us? I like the sound of that. And I definitely agree that you shouldn't construe anybody. It's just not nice, even if they are already dead.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-25: 03:20:00
Yes, it's just a bunch of moments which may, or may not be connected... ~ James

Clayton - 2007-05-13: 02:34:00
Invectivator

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-01: 06:17:00
CONGRATS! INSULTANT is simple yet effective. I wish i could learn not to use a large word when a diminutive one will do. Economy is everything.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-09: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James