Verboticisms

Created by: contiki

Pronunciation: toe munching

Sentence: I did some major toemunching today when the boss heard me making fun of him! SO embarrassing!

Etymology: To put ones foot in ones own mouth when speaking.

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Created by: coolkids58

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: hi/jinxed

Sentence: I've been hijinxed several times trying to bolster dispirited colleagues.

Etymology: hijinks + jinxed

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: LAFF-uh-DOOM

Sentence: Cynthia did an excellent impression of her boss, Pat. Her LAUGHODOOM won her the undying respect of her co-workers, a place in corporate legend, and a termination slip.

Etymology: laugh: to release tension by involuntary reaction to humor + doom: a certain and unpleasantly final, end.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: hi/jinxed

Sentence: I've been hijinxed more than once trying to bolster dispirited colleagues.

Etymology: hijinks + jinxed

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COMMENTS:

Outstanding!! - Mustang, 2007-11-23: 07:29:00

Excellent! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-25: 23:05:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kroō/sə/fī

Sentence: The fact that Nelson's former boss had no discernible sense of humor made it all the worse when he chose to act as jeerleader for his flock of mockingnerds. It turned out to be an act of jobacide as Mr. Seether chose to crewcify the entire pod of pink-slippers with a swift crewcut.

Etymology: crew (a group of people who work closely together) crucify (put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross)

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COMMENTS:

you hit the nail on the head with this one - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-21: 12:10:00

WoW! Action-packed sentence, that! Good one, A! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-23: 17:06:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: bi/reyter/nahyz

Sentence: In our office, which has toxic management, beraternization of the boss is the only way we get through the day. It definitely builds team spirit with my colleagues when we beraternize about the "evil one".

Etymology: BERATERNIZE - verb - from BERATE (to chide vehemently; to rebuke) + FRATERIZE (to associate with others in a brotherly, or congenial way)

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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: lam-pōōch-ed

Sentence: Larry lampooched himself out of another job when his boss walked in to the breakroom and found Larry doing imitations of him in front of the other employees.

Etymology: Lampoon: To mock or ridicule. + Pooch: Slang - To blunder.

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: ad-min-i-straight-man

Sentence: The boss was the perfect administraightman for Carol until the day he discovered her in the middle of her routine. That was the day she was comic released. Now she's on comic relief because it's hard to find work as an officemocker.

Etymology: administrator: supervisor or boss + straightman: a performer who acts as a stooge for a comedian

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COMMENTS:

comical word - Nosila, 2010-03-18: 17:48:00

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: Bos-tra-sized

Sentence: Betty got bosstracised as she made a fool her of herself on Mr. Jurkhishead's desk.

Etymology: Boss + ostracize together - ostracize, ostracise ~ [ˈɒstrəˌsaɪz]- to exclude or banish (a person) from a particular group, society, etc.

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COMMENTS:

good one! - Nosila, 2013-01-08: 23:22:00

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