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DEFINITION: n. An extremely moody boss, happy one day, mad the next, happy, mad, happy, mad... v. To happily give orders one minute, then angrily yell out the opposite instructions the next. (Note: It's not because you're moody. It's because people don't listen!)
Verboticisms
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Quasimotivator
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kwazee mo tiv ator
Sentence: Perhaps it was his confusing management style that did it. You know, the way he'd be the caring, supportive leader one moment and in the blink of an eye, more often as not, he turned into an unpredictable, unapproachable monster. Perhaps it was the fact that he was very short, had a small moustache, freckles and had a slight hunch. Perhaps it was the fact that he must be slightly bi-polar and very lonely. Perhaps it was all this that made his staff call him the Quasimotivator. They had also called him (not to his face, of course): Attila the Hunch; Genghis Can/Cannot;The LittlerHitler;Dr.Freckle & Mr.Snide; Idi Imeanit; and Noseferatool. Luckily, managers like him were always blindly oblivious to the scorn and loathing they encouraged in their employees. One day, he came into work and was very nice to everyone, all day long. Everyone waited for the gears to change, but for the rest of the week, he was the epitome of kindness and compassion. His employees were puzzled and scared. One of them wanted to go up to him, shake him and ask him what he had done with their real boss. His secretary Mildred was very suspicious of this new found civility to the staff. When he was at lunch one day, she poked through his desk drawers until she found the clue to his good humor. Had he gotten a big raise? A Promotion? A Bonus? A Partnership? No, she found his new membership card. He had joined a Mood Swingers Club...no wonder he was always happy these days!
Etymology: quasi (As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to) & motivator(the psychological feature or force that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior) & Quasimodo ...for rhyming purposes and(repulsive, tragic protagonist character from the Victor Hugo novel, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" whose name means "almost human")...doesn't that name ring a bell?
Hecklenchide
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: hehk-uhl-ihn-chyd
Sentence: The boss was a real hecklenchide: one minute she would be playfully teasing, but as soon as you joined in, she would accuse you of being inappropriate.
Etymology: heckle (to try to embarrass and annoy, as with gibes.) + chide (reprimand) + inspired by Robert Louis Sevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - mrskellyscl, 2009-05-29: 17:39:00
SHOULD BE THE DAILY WINNER - DrWebster111, 2009-05-31: 12:07:00
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Bipolarbear
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: by po lar ber
Sentence: Gretchen never knew what to expect from her moody boss...one minute nice, one minute mean. She accepted the fact that she had a bipolarbear for manager and she was a baby seal!
Etymology: Bi-Polar (manic depressive illness,something having two poles or sides) & Polar Bear (Ursa Maritimus, white bear of the North)
Bipoleader
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: bI-pole-lE-der
Sentence: Jill exhibited the characteristics of a bipoleader at the office lectures. She is happy then sad, yelling then kind. It's a scary feeling trying to guess her next mood and prepare for a hug or a beating.
Etymology: bipolar/leader
Manicger
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: man-ik-jer
Sentence: Helen let the manicger scream for the last time. "You can say anything you want on your last day of work," she thought. And so she did.
Etymology: manager: supervisor, boss + manic: mania, previously named manic depressive, however it is now referred to as bipolar disorder which is characterized by extreme and unpredictable mood swings.
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COMMENTS:
I think I used to work for that manicger. - Mustang, 2009-05-29: 04:56:00
hahaha...good one. - mweinmann, 2009-05-29: 10:57:00
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Idstructor
Created by: shoeshineboy
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: id (seat of immediate desires) + instructor
Insanager
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn sann a jur
Sentence: Her insanager kept her on her toes. a summons to the inner sanctum was a fantastic voyage of discovery, complete with a soundtrack of singing or shrieking as she came face to face with nymphette or Naomiite, depending on what combination of caffeine,copulation,company accounts and chemicals had been consumed over the previous 24 hours.
Etymology: insanity, manager.
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COMMENTS:
how about a faunlet or a faultite? - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-10: 13:38:00
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Birector
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: bye-rect-a
Sentence: "mmm! will have to think up something creative to go here -- no stuff that who gives a fig about reading clever sentences anyhoo" Birector of Sentencing.
Etymology: Director + Bi (as in two-faced BItch) and bipolar
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COMMENTS:
GET THAT SENTENCE EDITED!!! Or not; you should go with your feelings on this one. - stache, 2008-04-10: 07:59:00
I think that's precisely what the birector of sentencing might say - it would be funny if your verbotomy referred to a judge. - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-10: 11:27:00
Ya think? - stache, 2008-04-10: 19:53:00
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Ambiemotionalitis
Created by: gsmiley214
Pronunciation: Ambee-emo-shunul-itis
Sentence: I could tell by her immediate switch in behavior that she suffers from ambiemotionalitis.
Etymology: ambi, both + emo, feeling + tional + itis
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
galwaywegian - 2008-04-10: 07:36:00
okay. That's two in a row!
remistram - 2008-04-10: 10:00:00
are you suggesting that I am the teachers pet?
And I should also thank remistram for sending in the picture of her boss. ~ James
remistram - 2008-04-10: 11:03:00
not true, but James did hit the nail on the head, it's a perfect interpretation of my def.
I had to use two nails, because there's two heads! Are you sure that's not your boss? Maybe it's my boss? Two bosses? Oh no, my imagination running away with me again... Thanks remistam! ~ James
Tigger - 2008-04-10: 19:06:00
Ok, this woman looks like the sister of Zaphod Beeblebrox (from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, for those who don't know — a self-described 'cool guy' with two heads).
stache - 2008-04-10: 20:07:00
To be a bit of a linguweenie, I have been advised by the web site that "[My] verbotomy have been updated." Hmph.
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
haha, looks we had the same idea on this one.