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DEFINITION: n., A person who diligently and persistently complains about their work. v., To enjoy bellyaching about your job so much that you would never consider quitting.
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Bureaucrab
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bur/oh/crab
Sentence: To be a successful bureaucrab you must have a love/hate relationship with your job and everybody else's jobs. Making life difficult and and frustrating must be a top priority.
Etymology: bureaucrat + crabby
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COMMENTS:
Lovely! - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-18: 13:57:00
Great! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-18: 18:20:00
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Bitchnessperson
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: BICH nes per sun
Sentence: Mona Waah was the consummate bitchnessperson - she liked to take her breaks by going around and telling everyone how much work there was to do, how it would never get any better, etc. She thought of herself as getting a lot done when in reality she was slowing herself and everyone else down while she was complaining about how horrible it was there. It was like a version of that old joke - she would wake up in the morning and whine, "Do I have to go to work? There's too much to do, and everyone hates me and talks about me behind my back!" and her husband would reply, "Yes, you have to go - you're the manager."
Etymology: businessperson + bitch (complain)
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COMMENTS:
I'm sure I've worked with Mona... - Nosila, 2010-02-15: 13:14:00
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Officianotso
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Uh-fishy-ah-not-so
Sentence: His complaints about the office, his work schedule and work conditions garnered him the label 'officianotso'.
Etymology: Office + not + so
Criveleehood
Created by: chippy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mary makes a great criveleehood as a teacher. Her students are horrible.
Etymology: cry livelyhood
Whinaholic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: whin/a/hol/ic
Sentence: My boss is a major whinaholic about his job. Our hours are 8:30 - 5:00, but he arrives at 7:30 and leaves at 5:30 so he can smooze and cruise with the staff, but never stops bitching about what he has to do.
Etymology: whine + workaholic
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COMMENTS:
Tried to create my word on 'holic'- you came up with a goodun! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-18: 18:28:00
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Industragripe
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: in-dus-tra-gripe
Sentence: After 30 years at her government job, Alma gradually had become a professional industragripe.
Etymology: industry (work) & gripe (complain/moan/bitch)
Whinaholic
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: whin/a/hol/ic
Sentence: My boss is a major whinaholic about his job. Our hours are 8:30 - 5:00, but he arrives at 7:30 and leaves at 5:30 so he can smooze and cruise with the staff, but never stops bitching about all that he has to do.
Etymology: WHINAHOLIC - noun - from WHINE (snivel, or complain in a self-pitying way) + WORKAHOLIC (One who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work)
Occuprickick
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: ock-u-prick-kick
Sentence: With a yearning to occuplague rather than be occupied, Bob's beefs were legendary. And he certainly wasn't a workhorse, more a worknag. The thrill for him each day at the office was the occuprickick.
Etymology: Blend of the "occup" of occupation; prick: to nettle, sting, annoy, be a nuisance and "kick" to get enjoyment or a thrill from something.
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COMMENTS:
Hahaha! Actually, I like "Occuprick" better! I may need to incorporate that into my vocabulary. :D - Lolagrrl, 2007-10-18: 10:38:00
another great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-18: 13:16:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by brimuth. Thank you brimuth! ~ James
"occupulation" is a great word, and easy to pronounce, too.
galwaywegian - 2008-09-16: 06:29:00
hillarious!
galwaywegian - 2008-09-16: 06:29:00
oops that was meant for sisyfuss
lumina - 2008-09-18: 02:22:00
Nosila! Your "pation" fit was GREAT! NOBODY stop him! HA! Is owning a pawn shop a hockupation? Shouldn't the kid on the corner in his yellow traffic get up get paid for that blockupation? Ok, somebody slap us both... :) Congrats on the win Nose!
Today's definition was suggested by brimuth. Thank you brimuth. ~ James
wordslikevenom - 2011-06-30: 19:40:00
Vintage ;)