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DEFINITION: v. To seek approval from your boss by emulating their style, mannerisms or affectations. n. A person who copies their boss's style in order to win favor.
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Copyfavority
Created by: flippinsweetswim
Pronunciation: as it sounds
Sentence:
Etymology: copy plus favorite
Imprezidential
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: im-prez-i-den-shuhl
Sentence: Her every action, from the way she dressed to the way she spoke was designed to be imprezidential.
Etymology: impress (to affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings) + presidential (the chief executive officer of a company, corporation, etc)
Panderox
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pan/der/ox
Sentence: With a vice-president position available, individuals being considered for the position panderox the boss at every possible opportunity. The secretaries have a chart keeping track of who is the biggest panderoxing fool.
Etymology: pander (to cater to the lower tastes and desires of others, or exploit their weaknesses) + xerox (copy)
Replickate
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: repp lick ayt
Sentence: she was such a CEOclone, spending all her waking hours replickating the VP, down to his facial tick. She had a major panic attack when he started to grow a beard.
Etymology: replicate as in copy, lick as in arse
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COMMENTS:
was her name Kate? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 14:31:00
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Mimlick
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: mim lik
Sentence: Harry was such a good mimlick that sometimes he was mistaken for his boss
Etymology: mimic + lick
Panderox
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pan/der/ox
Sentence: With a vice-president position available, individuals being considered for the position panderox the boss at every possible opportunity. The secretaries have a chart keeping track of who is the biggest panderoxing fool.
Etymology: pander + xerox
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COMMENTS:
panderoxing fools = xeroxymorons - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 09:23:00
Xeroxymoron... is that anything like a facsimile? - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 11:48:00
kinda... more like a folksimile. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 12:11:00
maybe a fakesimile - Stevenson0, 2007-06-14: 14:29:00
Dem sounds like wack similes. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 19:16:00
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Shtickophant
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: SHTIHK-uh-fuhnt
Sentence: When Alex suddenly worked under a new boss, his days as a shtickophant were numbered, as there was no way he was going around in stilettos and pearls.
Etymology: shtick (idiosyncrasy, gimmick) + sycophant
Honchpaunch
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: honch ponch
Sentence: When the new boss arrived, he was a portly gent and since everyone else was a thin reed, Freddy decided to eat Big Macs every lunch hour and drink beer after work so that he could gain weight and emulate the boss. He was so successful at developing his honchpaunch, that he had to wear a honchoponcho to cover it up.
Etymology: Honch (Sp.honcho-head person;boss;one who oversees workers) & Paunch (protruding abdomen)
Copykate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: käpēkāt
Sentence: CopyKate wants so much to be like her boss that it hurts. The trouble is that her budget for the extravagant is nowhere near his. He wears European designer suits and drives a top-of-the-line Fiat. She wears knockoffs and drives a counterfiat, a Ford Fiesta with an after-market simulant grill. The shaved head wasn’t difficult to pull off. The chest hair may take some doing.
Etymology: duplicate (exactly like something else, esp. through having been copied) + Kate (woman’s name) A play on copycat
Panderox
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: pan/der/ox
Sentence: With a vice-president position available, individuals being considered for the position panderox the boss at every possible opportunity. The secretaries have a chart keeping track of who is the biggest panderoxing fool.
Etymology: PANDEROX - PANDER + XEROX - verb - from PANDER (To cater to the tastes and desires of others) + XEROX (to copy, reproduce, or duplicate)
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COMMENTS:
indupitably, what a pandora's box we weave. good word. - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-07: 09:52:00
original and clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-08: 01:08:00
I once saw a panderox in an asian zoo. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:09:00
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Comments:
Office politics. You know it's a game. You understand the players. You've got a strategy. Now it's time to take action with Timothy Johnson's GUST -- even if that means shaving your head. Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram and Timothy! ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-14: 18:10:00
Love the artwork today James! Very funny!
Thanks purple! And cheers to remistram for thinking of such a funny idea. ~ James
By the way, Robert J. Sawyer, winner of Hugo and Nebula best novel awards, will be our featured author at Verbotomy next week. More details to follow... Check out Rob's website at www.sfwriter.com. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James