Verboticisms

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Tim-ed-mon-esh

Sentence: Our boss held a timidmonish this morning that was about certain petty things he would get irked about. Although, it was quite pointless since we knew the only person who "left the woman's bathroom door open" or "accidently left one's brassiere" had to be Sue... the only woman in our office.

Etymology: Timid (weak, spineless) + admonish (reprimand)

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COMMENTS:

Sue was a bit brassy by the sounds of it. Did she flaunt herself in the brasserie? - petaj, 2007-06-29: 19:49:00

Did she flaunt - Does a female Echidna deposit puggles? - ziggy41, 2007-06-29: 22:56:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: in-ver-tuh-bee-ray-ting

Sentence: Every Wednesday morning, my boss holds an inverteberating. Last week, the gals were included in his tirade for leaving the light on in the men's room.

Etymology: invertebrate, berating

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COMMENTS:

Wonderful! - Clayton, 2007-06-29: 07:25:00

great word purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-29: 11:59:00

I have noticed over time that you and I seem to have similar tastes. - mplsbohemian, 2007-07-01: 15:00:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: kas/tri/gayte

Sentence: Because the MD didn't have the bawls to go after the main culprit, he castrigated the whole team.

Etymology: castigate + castrate

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Con-front-ash-she-own-all

Sentence: The boss exhibited his usual confrontassional ineffectiveness in dealing with Melinda's poor marketing research data.

Etymology: Confrontational+ass

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Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: BREP-ree-mand

Sentence: Even though the EIC knew Johnson had slipped up on the reports, he gave the whole department a firm breprimand regarding its "inefficiency" so as to keep Johnson's vital funding as long as possible.

Etymology: Broad and reprimand.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪpˌhɝd/

Sentence: In theory, picking on an entire scapeherd will cause the group to be annoyed with whoever is actually responsible, but in practice, it tends to cause everyone to get disgruntled with the person laying the blame.

Etymology: Like a scapegoat, only an entire herd.

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: ihn-VURR-burr-ayt

Sentence: Alex's boss inverberated the entire staff all because Alex nicked a doughnut in lieu of breakfast at home.

Etymology: invertebrate + berate

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: bl-asst-emm-bly

Sentence: They knew that a blastsembly was going to take place as there were mounds of catered food sitting in the conference room.

Etymology: blast (to hit with great force) + assembly (group)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mac/roe/ad/mon/ish/ment

Sentence: My boss micromanages those she preceives to be weak. Those who stand up to her and give her a hard time are dealt with in large meetings using the macroadmonishment method.

Etymology: macro + management + admonish

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: brawd-blast-ing

Sentence: Even on his last day as the CEO, Marcus was too weak-kneed to tell Bobby he was a good-for-nothing slacker. Instead he settled for broadblasting the whole team in his retirement speech.

Etymology: broadcasting + blast (vigorous outburst of criticism)

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