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DEFINITION: To submit a resume, letter of intent, or proposal for an opportunity that's just perfect for you, and then to get absolutely no response. Nothing.
Verboticisms
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Perfectascrew
Created by: kikiec83
Pronunciation: PUR-FECK-AH-SKRU
Sentence: While Egor believed a "Carrie" theme was incredibly appropriate for their senior prom, the student body exec board's immediate revocation of his invite was an apparent perfectascrew.
Etymology: Middle English parfit, from Anglo-French, from Latin perfectus, to carry out, from per- thoroughly to make, do; scrue, usually vulgar, fucked, rejected
Norrespondence
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: No-res-pawn-dense
Sentence: I was saddened to realize I was "too old" for the job. After 40 years in college training in lifeguarding, it turns out the only qualifications you need are youth and looks.
Etymology: Correspondence (mail) + no response (without an answer)
Dismissappointment
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: dis-miss-a-point-ment
Sentence: 160 unanswered applications later, Jack D. Ripper could not fathom his run of dismissappointment. "Why don't they call me?" he whined.
Etymology: dismiss + disappoint + appointment + miss
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COMMENTS:
I like the play on words. - texmom, 2007-06-27: 22:25:00
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Responselessness
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: rehs-pohns-lehs-nehs
Sentence: The responselessness rid him of the remaining life he had as a sanitary engineer.
Etymology: response + -less [none] + -ness [noun]
Subsnub
Created by: sboycee
Pronunciation: sub-snub
Sentence: His application was subsnubbed by the asses at the bank.
Etymology: submit + snub
Snubmit
Created by: whimsy
Pronunciation: snuhb-MIT
Sentence: Tom turned in his application with perfect faith in his immaculate resume, only to be dealt a devastating blow when he realized he only snubmitted the form in vain.
Etymology: snub + submit
Nullapply
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: null-app-lie
Sentence: Not only was Fred's proposal nullapplied, his pay cheques mysteriously stopped being processed.
Etymology: null (nothing,nil) + apply
Applibilious
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: ap-li-BIL-yuhs
Sentence: Philip became applibilious whenever he didn't receive a rejection letter. The only thing he hated worse than failure was the failure to fail properly.
Etymology: application + atrabilious
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COMMENTS:
The sentence did it for me,have my vote 8-) - grasshopper, 2007-06-27: 12:41:00
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Replurgatory
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: rep-LURG-a-toe-ree
Sentence: Jack's manager-to-be shredded Jack's résumé before he even opened the envelope, leaving Jack in a state of replurgatory for weeks.
Etymology: A portmanteau of "reply" and "purgatory".
Crappedupon
Created by: blondibabi121692
Pronunciation: crapped uh pon
Sentence:
Etymology:
Comments:
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 01:23:00
Fealtility
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 07:04:00
Hey James, my word isn't showing up.
Nor mine.
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 08:01:00
Perhaps they've been kidnapped by a nounja.
The lost words have been rescued... ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 08:42:00
Oh thank goodness. They were too young to be wandering about on their own. Something appears to be wrong with the Rankings page. I see some folks who verbotomized with only 4 points.
Hey Purple, I have updated the score so that it is correct now. I will be watching it to see the Double Verbotomy introduces any other bugs ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-27: 13:54:00
Thanks James!
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:01:00
Hmm... my word's not there, either. No word means no votes. Not that I would've gotten any.
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:02:00
Never mind that last comment. Very strange.
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:02:00
Wait... it's missing again.
Clayton - 2007-06-27: 21:12:00
Wait... it's missing again.
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