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Quashification
Top verboticism of the day created by TJayzz
DEFINITION: v. To deny one's accomplishments, or minimize one's abilities in order to obtain a job. n. A resume, or list of qualifications, which has been disembellished and disemboweled to meet extremely low job requirements.
Pronunciation: Kw-osh-i-fi-kay-shun
Sentence: Having been made redundant from his job at the city stockmarket, Henry had tried for so many jobs that he had lost count. He decided to try quashification and when asked about his previous employment he would tell any future employer that he was nothing more than the tea boy.
Etymology: Quash(prevent from being expressed or becoming public knowledge) + Qualification(a pass of an exam or completion of a course in order to meet the requirements of a certain job) = Quashification
Created by: TJayzz.
Comments:
nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-25: 14:41:00
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Warewithdrawal: /WARE with DRAW eul/ After Bob was laid off from his job and he didn’t have the wherewithal to pay his bills, he decided he was too young to retire and needed to get a job. A long time salesman and way overqualified, he found that the wares he had to sell at this point in his life were his lack of credentials rather than his credentials. It became evident that if he worked at it he had the warewithdrawal he needed to undersell his abilities. Etymology: WARE: an asset or product to sell
WHEREWITHAL: means to make something happen
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WITHDRAWAL: Created by: kateinkorea.
Comments:
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-25: 14:42:00
Selfeffacting: /cellf-eh-fak-ting/ Downey Outman was so selfeffacting on his resume the Human Resources Manager, Noah Job, could hardly bear (or is it bare?) to read the words printed by hand on the soft double-ply tissues. Etymology: A play on SELFEFFACING, humble or modest using FACT, knowledge or information based on real occurances Created by: readerwriter.
Comments:
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-25: 14:41:00
Resumaynot: /rez you mey noht/ her resumaynot neglected to mention any of her achievements since high school apart from the mose killing stuff Etymology: resume may not Created by: galwaywegian.
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Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by metrohumanx. Thank you metrohumanx. ~ James