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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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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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Sycopyphant
Created by: TimTheEnchanter
Pronunciation: si-CAH-pee-fuhnt
Sentence: Everyone knew Cathy was a complete suck-up, always doing whatever the CIO, Mr. Srinivasan, wanted. But jaws hit the floor when she came into the meeting room today. She had risen to the level of complete sycopyphant, cutting her hair short, dying it black, and wearing a Nehru jacket identical to what her boss always wore. The two were almost indistinguishable.
Etymology: SYCOPHANT: a servile self-seeking flatterer + COPY an imitation or reproduction of an original
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COMMENTS:
Good word...like a psychopyphant maybe??? - Nosila, 2008-08-07: 23:26:00
Great paragrab Tim the E... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:15:00
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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
Auparrot
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: oh-PAR-uht
Sentence: Cornelius felt the need to auparrot Mr. Jenkin's tiresome soliloquies any time the mood struck him. Unfortunately, the mood only struck him in the shower.
Etymology: au pair + parrot
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COMMENTS:
Hey Clayton, Rikboyee's character works for Mrs. Jenkins. A pairoboss! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 09:06:00
or maybe the two are a pairadox - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 09:54:00
Appairently, Rikboyee is challenging me to a duo. Pair for the course. Once I de-deuced it, I realized it was no yoke. I'm certain he would twin, and I'm far too young to dyad. Pairhaps we should drink from the ceremonial doublet instead. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 11:28:00
but you are nursing a wounded soldier - or was that shoulder - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 11:46:00
Heheh. I'll have to shoulder this burden stoically, like a soldier without arms. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 11:51:00
I suspect duplicity on someone's part, but perhaps I'm just splitting hairs. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 11:55:00
How dare you speak ill of my toeses! (Sound of crickets.) - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 11:59:00
wouldn't that be splitting heirs? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 12:06:00
Hai! Dos puns of Claytons are real ni-slappers, but they deux seem a bit two forced tu me. At la-shtayim presented with an opportunity to make a total twee-b of myself and pun in as many languages as I can handle without having any iki, disgusting kaksi-dents. It-zwei-l and it's nasty, but I couldn't resist, an-dalawá-nt is tu make everyone groan at how terrible these puns èr. I've deliberately included 16 different languages, so you'll have to really be on your to's if you want to find them all. - ErWenn, 2007-06-14: 12:09:00
Wow! That was quite ErWenntertaining! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-14: 12:17:00
You wenn, er... win. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 15:15:00
whatever happened to Cassiusclayton? - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-14: 15:51:00
http://claytoncounts.com/neato2/Cassius%20Clay%20-%20Stand%20by%20Me.mp3 - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 19:12:00
Whoops... looks like we can't post links. At least, not long ones. - Clayton, 2007-06-14: 19:12:00
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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
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)
Suckuphisticate
Created by: jimmmm
Pronunciation: suck-u(p)-FIST-i-cut
Sentence: When Lauri laughed at her boss's pseudo-intellectual jokes, she showed herself to be a true suckuphisticate.
Etymology: suck-up + sophisticate
Identichief
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: I-den-tee-cheef
Sentence: Everyone thought that Martin had lost the plot when they saw that he had started to identichief the boss by dressing exactly the same and even dyeing his hair grey in order to look like him. But Martin had the last laugh when his crafty ploy worked and the boss promoted to head of his section thus doubling his salary.
Etymology: Identical(exactly alike or the same) ORIGIN Latin identicus + Chief(the head of an organisation, having the highest rank or authority) ORIGIN French from Latin Caput 'head' = Identichief
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COMMENTS:
Put that thief back where you borrowed it chief, word. - scrabbelicious, 2008-08-07: 04:59:00
I hope Martin was demoted to low man on the scrotum pole. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-08: 07:12:00
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Folliculemulation
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: fol lick em you lay shun
Sentence: Mary's folliculation shamed the whole office.
Etymology: follicule - hair related emulate - copy
Assinkizzor
Created by: rjk31
Pronunciation: a/ssss/kiss/er
Sentence: T was such an assinkizzor that she sucks up to every detail of Mary
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
there are too many assinkizzors! - rjk31, 2007-06-14: 15:24:00
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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