Verboticisms

Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: MOCK smith

Sentence: Kelly was a mocksmith by trade but sometimes worked odd jobs for extra money. She applied to the contempt agency and found that there were a lot more jab descriptions listed than she would have thought. They even had positions for bioenginesneers and diss-trict managers.

Etymology: mock + smith (n., one who makes or works with something); a play on the word locksmith

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COMMENTS:

Clever... - mweinmann, 2009-11-11: 11:12:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: chīdandsēk

Sentence: After the hazard warning by Consumer Reports the job of the Customer Disservice Representatives is to do their best to shift the blame for problems back on to customers. With a technique they call chideandseek, they admonish callers for not following the overly-complicated owners manual that includes such sage wisdom as using safety goggles and chain-mail gloves when using any sharp product. If guilt does*t work, the trump card is to suggest that they are passing the call to a supervisor. Of course, all this does is put them back into the maze of a phone tree system.

Etymology: chide (scold or rebuke) + hide-and-seek (a children*s game in which one player tries to find other players who have hidden themselves)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sh rood

Sentence: Dawn Rickles was a shrude. Her shrudimentary income came from tossing insults to people who paid a lot to catch them. The more she insulted, the more she got paid. Of course, all this talent was natural for her. Growing up,her favourite novel was Dr.Heckle & Mr.Snide. Her boyfriend, Harry Ast, also had a favouritre novel, the Taming of the Shrude.

Etymology: Shrew (a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman) & Shrewd (marked by practical hardheaded intelligence) & Rude (socially incorrect in behavior;lacking civility or good manners)

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: "vulgar" like vulgar, "essional" like in professional.

Sentence: He was the highest ranking vulgaressional in business - they simply called him "The Vulgarator" (but friends called him simply jonobo).

Etymology: vulgar + professional = vulgaressional

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: in-dig-nuh-tair-ee

Sentence: Sue is a professional indignatary, seizing every opportunity to publically insult people.

Etymology: indignant, dignitary

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Nice. Politely insulting. - wordmeister, 2007-04-23: 09:55:00

playful - emmyb2, 2007-04-23: 14:18:00

Excellent as usual. - ErWenn, 2007-04-24: 00:13:00

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Created by: Goldentongue

Pronunciation: zuermaster

Sentence: This company really needs an efficient swearmaster, it's employees are far too happy. Susan is an accomplished swearmaster, she can type 400 insults per minute

Etymology: Swear as in insult, Master as in someone who has a highly developed skill.

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Created by: thewbert

Pronunciation: 'e-p&-"thet-E-A

Sentence: When I insulted his mother, I had no idea he was an epithetier.

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: puck-stir

Sentence: Jill was a puckster as she insulted people for a living as well as in her spare time.

Etymology: Either of the following: Puck from "The Real World" or a hockey puck from Don Rickels

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Created by: ioskrenko

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Etymology: Io: "I" in Italian skrenko: "slim" in Calabrese language

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