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DEFINITION: v., To imply that person is usually unhelpful when asking for their assistance. n., An unwilling, unproductive and uninhibitedly useless helper.
Verboticisms
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Noughty
Created by: wordslikevenom
Pronunciation: Nought-tee
Sentence: Sid's noughtiness left Kelly wondering whether she'd kissed the wrong toad.
Etymology: Nought - Nothing.
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COMMENTS:
Well, it was news to me! - wordslikevenom, 2011-06-17: 06:37:00
Wow! Super alchololicbrainfade day. - wordslikevenom, 2011-06-17: 06:47:00
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Undermimploy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ʌndɚˌmaɪmˈplɔɪ/ /under-mime-ploy/
Sentence: Sometimes you can undermimploy someone into giving enough of a crap to do a decent job, as drill sergeants everywhere will tell you, but most of the time it just makes people annoyed.
Etymology: From undermine + employ
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COMMENTS:
great words this week ErWenn!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-05: 10:52:00
Thanks. I feel like I'm on some sort of roll, though I wasn't too satisfied with what I came up with today. It looks like it should be pronounced under-mim-ploy. - ErWenn, 2007-10-05: 14:09:00
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Slackey
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: 'slak ee
Sentence: Rhonda sure knew how to pick 'em! Another boyfriend who was a useless slackey , who could barely lift a finger to helm himself, let alone Rhonda, with the exception a lifting a beer to his lips!
Etymology: slacker (shirker, loafer, lazybones, bum) + lackey (servant, footman, man/gal Friday)
Malsamaritan
Created by: mitchdb
Pronunciation: mahl-s&-'mer-&-t&n
Sentence: Hundreds of speeding motorists buzzed by the stranded woman; none of those malsamaritans even bothered to slow down to see if she needed help.
Etymology: Mal (bad) + samaritan
Alserbeen
Created by: lalaland
Pronunciation: All-ser-been
Sentence: Last night when i asked my daughter to help clean up the kitchen, she was very alserbeen. Turns out she was on verbotomy creating new words.
Etymology: This word has come from 1840's. It was created by one of own founding fathers. Tomhas Jefferson.
Assistcant
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: uh/sist/kant
Sentence: Because of family politics and pressures, I had to hire my useless, lazy, out-of-work again cousin as my assistcant.
Etymology: assistant + can't (the game won't let me put in the apostrophe however)
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COMMENTS:
Excellent. - ErWenn, 2007-10-05: 14:10:00
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Complimalign
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: comp - luh - muh - lyn
Sentence: Marjorie was always frustrated with Brad because of his refusal to look for a job and she took every opportunity to complimalign him when she asked for help with a task.
Etymology: Blend of compliment and malign
Dallyhintask
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: dally-hint-ask
Sentence: Bruno was tired of his mother dallyhintasking, but he was too apathetic to get off the couch. He was a solicishirk, and many had insinulazed that he was incompethindrance.
Etymology: dally + hint + ask + task
Slappinghand
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: Slappinghand - sla'pin'hand
Sentence: rather than being a helping hand, edward was known as a slappinghand by most of his friends as his idea of "help" usually ended in disaster.
Etymology: A play on the phrase "Helping hand". Rather than being helpful the aide received from this person usually ends with others cleaning the mess
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ChristopherAndersen. Thank you ChristopherAndersen! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by ChristopherAndersen. Thank you ChristopherAndersen. ~ James