Verboticism: Colophiti
DEFINITION: v. To create an impression that you have made a positive contribution, especially when related to career activities. n. A personal mark or imprint which proves that you have done something that matters.
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Protagnate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: proh-tag-neyt
Sentence: Josh isn't yet the protagnate he would like to be. He may have short-circuited his rise to the top by misunderstanding when his mentor told him that it important to make your mark in the business world. Tagging all of the company's delivery vans with his initials just might come back to bite him.
Etymology: protagonist (the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama) + tag (to write graffiti) + magnate (a person of eminence or distinction in any field)
Markit
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: märkit
Sentence: As the project was wrapping up the office started looking like a forest meadow during rutting season. The prevailing wisdom was markit yourself. If they followed the practice of the animal world the paper produced would be rather soggy.
Etymology: mark (make (a visible impression or stain) + it (used to identify a person) A play on marketing.
Kilroy
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: kill+Roy
Sentence: His kilroys were all over the project, so there was no doubt he wanted to take credit for it.
Etymology: Kilroy was the fictional character from WWII who's mark was written everywhere: "Kilroy was here."
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COMMENTS:
He was so what kilrovian, I guess. Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:53:00
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Colophiti
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kol/uh/fiti
Sentence: John placed his distinctive colophiti on all office collaborative work and memos to demonstrate to his boss that he had personally read and digested all the important information.
Etymology: colophon (printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works) + graffiti (markings, tags, or initials)
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COMMENTS:
Lovely word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 18:05:00
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Colophiti
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kol/uh/fiti
Sentence: John placed his distinctive colophiti on all office collaborative work and memos to demonstrate to his boss that he had personally read and digested all the important information.
Etymology: colophon (printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works) + graffiti (markings, tags, or initials)
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Pimpression
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: pimp-pression
Sentence: Johnny wanted to make a good pimpression on his new boss. So he primped his hair, and then pimped up resume with some of his most pimpressive achievements -- like sorting all of his email, or attending and several meetings in the last month and remaining conscious during most of them!
Etymology: pimp+primp+impression
Jobifact
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: jahb-eh-fakt
Sentence: Johnny left little jobifacts around the office to look like he was busy working. He would leave papers by the printer of drafts of written work, he would save and stack his telephone messages (real and made up ones, mind you) on his desk, and left emails of his work exploits. He would often start sentences like, "You know Bob, I've been thinking about this . . ." or "What's been bothering me, Florence, about the Dithers' case is . . ." He constantly asked his co-workers if he could borrow their White-Out, extra large paper clips, or staples because he just "ran out." Whenever a report came out that had his name on it, he would post it on the staff bulletin board and pin it on the walls of his tiny cubicle. In essence, Johnny didn't do much.
Etymology: Job, profession, place of work + artifact, a spurious observation or result arising from preparatory or investigative procedures
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like he was jobiquitous! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 18:03:00
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Prattoo
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: praht oooooooo
Sentence: His prattoo was everywhere from the desk in his first schoolroom to the bedhead where he finally popped his clogs. It was said that the hooker who dispatched him to the next world even bore the mark, but that might just have been loose talk.
Etymology: tattoo prat
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COMMENTS:
love the sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-05: 16:14:00
Unique word and sentence. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-06: 17:59:00
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Tinfluence
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tin flu ens
Sentence: Johnny utilized his tinfluence on the student elections by spray-canning his name and motto on any surfaces in the school. "Johnny Bunko for Graffiti Monitor" proved very successful for him.
Etymology: Tin (can;airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.) & Influence (shape or influence; give direction to)