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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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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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Commisher
Created by: DaddiezGyrl
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The commisher bombarded me as I entered the store.
Etymology: Combo of commission and pusher
Offenseller
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /əˈfɛnˈsɛlɚ/
Sentence: Sadly, for every person who is pushed out of the store by an offenseller, there are two more who are convinced to buy something that they wouldn't have otherwise.
Etymology: From offensive + seller
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COMMENTS:
I voted already, but I like this one. An offenseller seems like an instoramus. - Clayton, 2007-05-16: 19:55:00
Thanks. I seem to get that a lot if I decide to go to bed before 1 or 2am and end up making up my words the next morning. - ErWenn, 2007-05-16: 22:38:00
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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
Salesjerk
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sales-jerk
Sentence: The salesjerk at the car dealership turned the big "Sellabration" into "sellabrasion" when he kept trying to sell me a gargantuan gas guzzler that was painted green that he wanted to get rid of, even after I told him I wanted a "green car" to help the environment.
Etymology: wordplay on salesclerk -- jerk: foolish, rude or contemptible person
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COMMENTS:
Like sellabrasion too! - artr, 2009-12-01: 07:05:00
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Retailiton
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.
Etymology:
Oversal
Created by: wordguy120
Pronunciation: O-ver-sul
Sentence: the people in that shop were real oversals
Etymology:
Overlaud
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: oh-ver-lawd
Sentence: According to the clerk at the grocery everything in the store is simply wonderful. He seems able to overlaud just about anything he touches. Strangely, I only see him shopping at the up-grade store up the street.
Etymology: overload (to load to excess; overburden) laud (to praise; extol)
Pushinator
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: "push" like in push + "inator" like in terminator.
Sentence: At first sight i thought he would just be an average standard legal pusher, then i had to realise that he was at least one of those new powerpusher models, but when i tried to leave the shop he showed his real potential and i finally came to the only rational conclusion left: he was the Pushinator.
Etymology: Pusher + Terminator = Pushinator.
Clurk
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: Clerk.
Sentence: That damn clurk keeps popping up out of nowhere and bugging me - no, I don't need help! Let's just go.
Etymology: clerk & lurk
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COMMENTS:
Sounds really creepy. Clurk Kent has the hightest, fastest, strongest sales record of all. - petaj, 2007-05-16: 23:12:00
I like it - surfstang, 2007-05-18: 00:48:00
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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