Verboticism: Moodbarker
DEFINITION: n. An extremely moody boss, happy one day, mad the next, happy, mad, happy, mad... v. To happily give orders one minute, then angrily yell out the opposite instructions the next. (Note: It's not because you're moody. It's because people don't listen!)
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Hecklenchide
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: hehk-uhl-ihn-chyd
Sentence: The boss was a real hecklenchide: one minute she would be playfully teasing, but as soon as you joined in, she would accuse you of being inappropriate.
Etymology: heckle (to try to embarrass and annoy, as with gibes.) + chide (reprimand) + inspired by Robert Louis Sevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-29: 17:39:00
SHOULD BE THE DAILY WINNER - DrWebster111, 2009-05-31: 12:07:00
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Schizofrantic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: skit-suh-fran-tik
Sentence: To say that Bill's boss doesn't deal with stress well is an understatement. Put a deadline in front of her and she becomes completely schizofrantic, alternately shouting encouragement and yelling at the crew to hurry up. By the time anything gets done, everybody is too exhausted, too frazzled to enjoy the accomplishment.
Etymology: schizophrenic (a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements) frantic (desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied)
Pschyofrenetic
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sye ko fren net tik
Sentence: When Sigmund's freund, Fritz became psychofrenetic, Sigmund knew that his psychofriendnetic behaviour would end badly. It was a real pane when Fritz became psychofinetric and hurled homself out of Freud's piture window!
Etymology: Psycho ( a person afflicted with psychosis)& Frenetic (frantic;excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion)& (any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted)
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COMMENTS:
Should be spelled Psychofrenetic...a slip of sorts...Freudian vowel trouble! - Nosila, 2009-05-29: 02:37:00
You mean that's not normal? ;-) - Mustang, 2009-05-29: 04:57:00
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Thebroodymuse
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: the/brewdy/mews
Sentence: The brainy office manager's mood was so unpredictable that we referred to him as thebroodymuse.
Etymology: brood + muse + moody blues
Ambiguboss
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: am/big/u/boss
Sentence: It's painful watching new employees interact with our ambiguboss on the first day. Their expressions quickly change from being elated to deflated within thirty seconds.
Etymology: ambiguous + boss + big boss
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COMMENTS:
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-11: 00:39:00
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Schizovisor
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Skitsovizor
Sentence: An hour ago she was quite happy, now the schizovisor has returned to the office!!
Etymology: Supervisor + Schizophrenic = Schizovisor
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-11: 13:20:00
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Moodbarker
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Mood-bar-ker
Sentence: Allie was such a moodbarker that she would bite your head off speaking to you one moment,then the next moment she would be so syrupy sweet. It all became so evident she had two minds because she had two heads!
Etymology: Mood: A state of mind or emotion. Barker: One who barks orders or speaks loudly,or to bark words like a dog~ Verbotobark ~ Erff! Erff!
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Mirthmananger
Created by: DevynAlexanderSkyeHarris
Pronunciation: Mer-Th-Man-Uh-Grr
Sentence: "Dude man bro man, my boss is such a Mirthmananger!" Yael hissed at a perplexed looking Halhii. "A what now? And I'm your wife not your bro. . ." "Like a two-faced, mood swinging, contrariness happy one minute and psycho the next authority figure." "Oh so like your mother then?"
Etymology: Mirthful-to be merry + Manager-one who is in charge + Anger-displeasure and hostility
Ambiemotionalitis
Created by: gsmiley214
Pronunciation: Ambee-emo-shunul-itis
Sentence: I could tell by her immediate switch in behavior that she suffers from ambiemotionalitis.
Etymology: ambi, both + emo, feeling + tional + itis
Bipolarbear
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bīpōlərbər
Sentence: Harry's boss can be a bipolarbear. At one moment he seemed to be as cute and cuddly as a teddy bear and the next a ravenous carnivore. The joke around the office is that someone who crosses the boss is acting too much like a harp seal.
Etymology: bipolar disorder (a mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression) + polar bear (a large white arctic bear that lives mainly on the pack ice)
