Verboticisms

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

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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')

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ohn komm ish yun err

Sentence: he was so obviously an oncommissioner, his nose would start to twitch even before the customer had opened the door.

Etymology: co commission, commissioner

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Created by: kensiesfate

Pronunciation: Anti-sales-a-lot

Sentence: look over at antisalesalot, he's pushed another out the door!

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ass ayls mahn

Sentence: the assailsman had no job convincing sheepish sheila it was a baahrgain

Etymology: salesman assail

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Created by: daisy

Pronunciation: ree-tail-i-ton

Sentence: The retailiton followed us around the circle K as if we were going to steal something.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: ped/lur/push/urs

Sentence: Our local video store is full of peddlerpushers who sneak up behind you when you're deep in thought and then shadow you relentlessly as you peruse the movie selection

Etymology: peddler + pusher + pedal pushers

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COMMENTS:

funny AND fashionable! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-16: 06:06:00

how did you see that so fast - you must work in our video store - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-16: 06:09:00

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Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: com-mission-ary

Sentence: David is a blood thirsty commissionary, attacking any unsuspecting customer that might stroll into his section at the electonics store. His tactics are ruthless, just to make the "sale" and get the commission.

Etymology: commission/missionary, as in propagator of religion or a relentless soldier

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COMMENTS:

I wonder if he always assumes the commissionary position - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-16: 12:29:00

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Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: sam-pull-ass-alt

Sentence: She left the store rather than be subjected to samplassault again.

Etymology: sample - small portion of item assault - attempt to force a person

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: floor/stalk/er

Sentence: Commissioned salespeople are licensed floorstalkers who creep me out of the store.

Etymology: floorwalker + stalker

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