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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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Applicoldshoulder
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈæpləˌkoʊldˌʃoʊldɚ/
Sentence: For some reason, when I submitted my resume to join the Rockettes, I just got the applicold-shoulder
Etymology: From application + cold-shoulder
Resunay
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: reh-zoo-NAY
Sentence: Alex resunayed the entire accordion sales industry in town--perhaps moving to another state could get a response.
Etymology: resumé + nay
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COMMENTS:
I thought of the same word this AM. What a verboddity. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-27: 09:21:00
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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
Voidmail
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: void-mail Can't make it any easier than that.
Sentence: Hannah compulsively applied for all of the vacant positions that appeared in the Little Piddlington Gazette, but had not yet received even an acknowledgement. She blamed it on voidmail, a strange virus that had migrated from email to snail mail. But the real problem was that Hannah's reputation was well known by all the employers in Little Piddlington. No one was prepared to take on her gloomy mien and manic depression tempered with occasional bouts of tourette's syndrome.
Etymology: voicemail + void
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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Rejectamony
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: re ject a moan e
Sentence: That is the fifteenth rejectamony for my job application this month!
Etymology: reject - turn down amony - like.. from the Latin, ok it just sounded right.
Flopositioned
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: flop-oh-si-shunned
Sentence: His resume was stellar, so why was he flopositioned every time he submitted it? What a poor businix decision on their part. Perhaps he should have just submitted a crapplication. Or maybe he should just stop applying to large abyssnesses altogether.
Etymology: flop, proposition
Nonrelaytification
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: non/relayt/if/act/ion
Sentence: Human Relations at our company is known for nonrelaytifcation causing many potential clients anxiety attacks.
Etymology: non/none, relayt/relations(as in human relations), if/maybe,maybe not, cat/action, ion/satisfaction
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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