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'Are you just browsing?'

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.

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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

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Oversal

Created by: wordguy120

Pronunciation: O-ver-sul

Sentence: the people in that shop were real oversals

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Commisher

Created by: DaddiezGyrl

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The commisher bombarded me as I entered the store.

Etymology: Combo of commission and pusher

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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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Oversellsus

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: o ver selz us

Sentence: The guy was everywhere. We were grocery shopping, in the produce aisle, when this geeky associate thrusts a box of strawberries at us and says, "Try these, they're berry nice!" We demer, but he's back 2 minutes later with green onions, saying, "Repeat after me, I'm the Italian Scallion!" He then shows us a potato ("Don't his eyes have a peel?") and a husk of corn ("Meet the kernel, he's all ears.") Finally, "Orange you as glad as I yam that you decided to turnip in my department?" and finally, "It's bean great to "C" you, you're hard to beet!" "Do you wanna date?"... At that point, I snapped and said, "Lettuce see what your Store Manager has to say about your oversellsus behavior!" To which the Store Manager replied, "Don't worry about Romaine, cos he's just trying to get a head. When he's not taking a leek here, he goes to comedy school as a caper. He wants to earn a higher celery and get a plum job. I just can't squash his dreams!"

Etymology: Overzealous (marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea) & Over (too much) & Sells Us (persuade somebody to accept something; do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;deliver to an enemy by treachery)

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COMMENTS:

overclever! - mweinmann, 2009-12-01: 07:50:00

nice - galwaywegian, 2009-12-01: 09:48:00

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Shopperstalker

surfstang

Created by: surfstang

Pronunciation: shop/er/stalk/er

Sentence: I wasn't able to browse peacefully because the shopperstalker decided I was his next victim.

Etymology: shopper + stalker

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Fleemarket

Created by: iwasatripwire

Pronunciation: flee-mar-ket

Sentence: The clerks in that boutique always turn it into such a fleemarket

Etymology: flee + flea market

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COMMENTS:

petaj I like this one - guess that makes them fleemarketers - petaj, 2007-05-16: 23:10:00

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Impeddler

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: imm-PED-lur

Sentence: The impeddler was so obnoxious that I stormed out of the shop, accidentally breaking some cheap plastic products on my way out.

Etymology: impede (to obstruct or hinder) + peddler (a travelling seller of goods)

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Shadohmizer

Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: shad-O-mizer

Sentence: Our Local Car Dealership is know to only hire shadohmizers.

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Salesmanacle

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: sails/man/akl

Sentence: He was such a salesmanacle that I had to spin around in the revolving doors twice to get free

Etymology: salesman + manacle

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-16: 03:36:00
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-01: 00:16:00
Today's definition was suggested by iwasatripwire. Thank you iwasatripwire. ~ James