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DEFINITION: n. A person who insults people for a living. v. To get paid to insult your customers.
Verboticisms
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Dissservice
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dissərvis
Sentence: The carry-out restaurant is famous for its dissservice. The workers are paid to create rude banter with their customers. If enough people ask for a particular insulter they are paid a bonus. A customer who can best a server gets a free meal.
Etymology: diss (act or speak in a disrespectful way toward) + disservice (a harmful action)
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COMMENTS:
I like you line of thought ;) - Mrgoodtimes, 2011-03-31: 12:46:00
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Promiliater
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pro - MIL - ee - ait - er
Sentence: Hannah is a vicious promilitater, caring only for the 'bottom line' on her pay stub while cheerfully reducing those she targets to a blubbering shamed state.
Etymology: Blend of professional and humiliate(er)
Batecher
Created by: thefreewheeler
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The children winced when they learned their sub was that batecher Miss Thomson.
Etymology: French "bad teacher"
Downputter
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: dow n putt err
Sentence: She was a down putter, with special experience in ego shrinkage.
Etymology: putdown
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COMMENTS:
sounds like golf! - emmyb2, 2007-04-23: 14:18:00
That's why she was a champion golfer. All that sledging psyched out her opponents. - petaj, 2007-04-23: 18:46:00
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Hateredee
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: hate rah deee
Sentence: I went to an upscale mall to buy a desk and chair from Pottery Barn. So I went up to a guy standing at a counter right below the chair I wanted and asked him if he could help me. He looked up over the magazine he was reading and in a snotty tone told me I could place a special order at any register. He was such a hatere'd and so surly from me asking him for help. I looked back at him a bit aghast and said "Ewww. You are in your forties and work in the mall. Don't care that it's Short Hills Mall, you still work in the mall." He was the perfect example of a hatere'd.
Etymology: maitre'd + hate. Actual spelling should be hatere'd - but rules of game wouldn't allow it - so i changed it a bit for the header.
Cusstart
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kuss tart
Sentence: Moana was a real cusstart. She earned her living by insulting and swearing at people all day. It was her dream job, and she found her niche working as an abuse counsellor.
Etymology: Cuss (utter obscenities or profanities) & Tart (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money) and Wordplay on Custard (sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen)
Affrontperson
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: af front per son
Sentence: Venoma had found the perfect job. She worked as an affrontperson for the telephone company at their fancy head office. It was jokingly called the Customer Service Dept; but employees there were encouraged to trade insults with patrons, both in person and over the phone. She worked with 2 others, Rudy & Curt and she always won the insult competitions the department had each week. Her family motto was, "The best defence is a good offense" and she strived to live up to that motto. Imagine her surprise when they were all told that the company was closing shop locally and farming it's business overseas...globalization it was called. But Venoma landed on her feet by being sent overseas to train the new employees on how to insult the customers, even with a strong foreign accent.
Etymology: Afront (a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront;treat, mention, or speak to rudely) & Person (a human being)
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious and so true! Love the names Venoma, Rudy and Curt, too! - splendiction, 2009-11-09: 20:22:00
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Meanologist
Created by: Pasicheio
Pronunciation: Mean-All-Oh-Jist
Sentence: Kerru is a meanologist
Etymology: Mean; -Ologist
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by an anonymous donor. Thank you for sharing! ~ James
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That gentleman bears a striking resemblance to Bruce McCulloch.
I hope Mr. McCulloch isn't insulted... ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-04-23: 18:17:00
I've often noticed that the verbotoons have striking similarities to famous people. I wonder if the artist uses reference photos...
As Kurt Vonnegut said of his novels, this artwork is fiction and "All persons living or dead are purely coincidental, and should not be construed." Except of course, for the drawing of Vonnegut himself, which is meant to be who it appears to be. ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-04-24: 00:11:00
Everybody's coincidental? All 12 billion of us? I like the sound of that. And I definitely agree that you shouldn't construe anybody. It's just not nice, even if they are already dead.
Yes, it's just a bunch of moments which may, or may not be connected... ~ James
Clayton - 2007-05-13: 02:34:00
Invectivator
CONGRATS! INSULTANT is simple yet effective. I wish i could learn not to use a large word when a diminutive one will do. Economy is everything.
Today's definition was suggested by wordmeister. Thank you wordmeister. ~ James