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DEFINITION: n. An overbearing or pushy salesperson who makes you want to leave a store rather than look around and buy something. v. To aggressively sell something to someone who doesn't want it.
Verboticisms
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Clejerk
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: cluh-JURK
Sentence: Alex dropped his job as soon as he discovered he was required to be a clejerk, squirting cologne at people.
Etymology: Someone who begins coming off like a clerk and ends up being more a jerk.
Guestopo
Created by: whipspeak
Pronunciation: geh-stah-poh
Sentence: The dealership was crawling with Guestopo and I had to get out of there before I was spotted. They have ways of making you buy.
Etymology: Gestapo: the German state secret police during the Nazi regime + Guest: visitor or patron + stop: to interrupt, arrest, or check
Pusherman
Created by: BemaSelf
Pronunciation: Push-r-man
Sentence: I can't stand that store. The pusherman always makes me rush to buy something.
Etymology: Pusher, Man
Emnnoyee
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: em - NOI - ee
Sentence: Though Gilbert is a real good friend of mine, I have to admit that he was being a total emnnoyee when he kept asking me if I was going to get that jacket or not. I've said "Maybe" a thousand times and I swear he said "Are you taking that jacket?" a million more times. I could have sworn he was just being an ass just because that jacket I was trying on was the jacket he stashandcarried a month ago and worked hard for in that shop. Now, that makes me think. He wasn't being an ass by being a totally sucky emnnoyee... it was me who was the ass! I feel like I'm getting to know Gilbert and his emnnoyeeness more with this rational sentence construction.
Etymology: employee (someone who works for) + annoy (to disturb or bother in an irritating way)
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COMMENTS:
A totally annoying sentence! Good job! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-16: 12:04:00
Or ENNOYEE would also work. Darn, it's just one of those late ideas! - ohwtepph, 2007-05-16: 21:24:00
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Shopcreeper
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Shawp-kreep-err
Sentence: That shopcreeper was pushing me way too much. I grabbed that stupid block of cheese he was trying to sell me and shoved it right in his mouth. He now sells basketballs because he knows no one can stuff those in his mouth... I proved him wrong.
Etymology: Shopkeeper (owner of a shop that sells goods) + creep (an annoying and detestable person)
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COMMENTS:
I already gave my vote to peddlarpusher, but this is even better. - cohenarie, 2007-05-16: 10:51:00
Nice one. - Clayton, 2007-05-16: 14:55:00
great ...awesome - pguse, 2007-06-01: 14:00:00
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Rackwhore
Created by: yaknowmay
Pronunciation: rack-whore
Sentence: the rack whore in MACYS, did everything but drop to her knees, trying to get that sales commision
Etymology:
Salesgrater
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: SALES-grey-ter
Sentence: I was all excited to look at the latest styles they got in last week - but then their salesgrater started following me around and I had to get out of there.
Etymology: Sales (as in salesperson) + Grate (to annoy or rub the wrong way.. also a play on the standard 'sales-greeter' label for sales people charged with greeting every customer')
Antisalesalot
Created by: kensiesfate
Pronunciation: Anti-sales-a-lot
Sentence: look over at antisalesalot, he's pushed another out the door!
Etymology:
Harasshat
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: huh-RAS-hat
Sentence: As she made her way to the front of the bookstore, Gilda was cornered by resident harasshat Caleb, who wasted at least five minutes of her day calmly reassuring her that he'd been reading Baudrillard.
Etymology: harass + asshat
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COMMENTS:
love it love it love it - iwasatripwire, 2007-05-16: 12:37:00
I really need to start using this one, because I seem to run into a few each day. - Clayton, 2007-05-16: 14:49:00
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Salesassassin
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: sailz-ah-sass-in
Sentence: Bob was only in the store for two minutes when he was accosted by a salesassassin who tried to coax him into buying that smart pink sweater that was all the rage on verbotomy.com.
Etymology: sales associate, assassin
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COMMENTS:
That saleassassin ought to get the customerswervist of the month award. - petaj, 2007-05-16: 05:09:00
That salesassassin sounds like a real courtesyjerk. - Clayton, 2007-05-16: 14:54:00
I love the huge number of "S"s - think "The Salesassassin sells seashells on the shore"... - duchessella, 2007-05-17: 03:27:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire. ~ James