Verboticism: Duhblivious
DEFINITION: v. To ask someone who is clearly in a store uniform, perhaps on a ladder creating a display or running a cash register "Do you work here?" n. A person who doesn't know how to ask for assistance in a retail store without asking a stupid question.
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Querylyevident
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: kweer/lee/ev/i/dent
Sentence: Even though Sam stood at the crosswalk in his bright orange vest with the yellow reflective stripe which said Crossing Guard, holding a giant stop sign, pedestrians would still pose the querlyevident question "Are you the Crossing Guard"? Sometimes it made him feel like running amok in traffic.
Etymology: query + evident + 'clearly evident'
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COMMENTS:
LOL! made him feel like running amok in traffic. GOOD ONE! - abrakadeborah, 2009-03-27: 22:49:00
Funny! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-28: 00:00:00
play on the oft said 'fairly evident', too. Excellent word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:00:00
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Customoron
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəstəmôrän
Sentence: ”It must be National Idiot Day” Debbie said to herself as one customoron after another took up the challenge of asking the stupidest question. ”Do you work here?” was beat out by ”Is this stuff (on the clearance table) on sale? She can’t wait to see what they come up with today.
Etymology: customer (a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business) + moron (a stupid person)
Duhblivious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: duh-BLIV-yuss
Sentence: Vernon was so bad about overlooking the obvious and asking lame questions his friends had labeled his lame practice as duhblivious and even that was something that got by him.
Etymology: Blend of 'duh' (used to express annoyance at banality, obviousness, or stupidity) and 'oblivious' (unmindful; unconscious; unaware)
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Duhblivious
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: duh-BLIV-yuss
Sentence: Germaine was so bad about overlooking the obvious and asking lame questions his friends had labeled his lame practice as duhblivious and even that was something that got by him.
Etymology: Blend of 'duh' (used to express annoyance at banality, obviousness, or stupidity) and 'oblivious' (unmindful; unconscious; unaware)
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COMMENTS:
Duhlicious word, Mustang! - Nosila, 2009-03-27: 13:12:00
perfect! - mweinmann, 2009-03-27: 14:46:00
Good one! - kateinkorea, 2009-03-27: 23:59:00
Awared winning word! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:11:00
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Jackask
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: jack-ass-k
Sentence: Jill wandered around K-mart looking for help with door hinges. Eventually she went to the service desk to ask a question. The assistant called over the speaker system "Hardware to the service desk, Hardware to the service desk". When the hardware expert appeared at the service desk, Jill made a total jackask of herself saying "do you work here?"
Etymology: jackass (fool) + ask + K (as in kmart)
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COMMENTS:
laughing out loud...great word - mrskellyscl, 2009-03-27: 08:58:00
super word - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-27: 12:24:00
Hilarious! THanks for such great word! - splendiction, 2009-03-28: 11:14:00
Easy to remember, meaning apparent, great blending, clever pun, ... Superb Won! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:32:00
thanks all - petaj, 2009-03-30: 06:40:00
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Inquisidolt
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: in-QUIS-i-dolt
Sentence: Just got this one in "under the wire"...(electrified cattle fence)...I don't really know if this is "appropriate", but i TRUST all you crazy Verbotomists not to judge me too harshly... PAMBO wore his best "hoodie" while out shopping, and when he spotted the slinky young lady sporting a semi-commercial looking outer garb reminiscent of his favorite Progressive Insurance Representative (Stephanie Courtney), PAMBO cast all caution to the wind and asked her if she could get him a discount. PAMBO was rejected like a transplanted baboon heart, but it didn't cramp his style, because he was a dyed-in-the-wool INQUISIDOLT!
Etymology: One who makes obviously redundant inquiries....INQUISITION: a severe questioning;Middle English inquisicioun, from Anglo-French inquisition, from Latin inquisition-, inquisitio, from inquirere .....DOLT: a stupid person; probably akin to Old English dol foolish 1553....
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COMMENTS:
Where can i get a fish license? - metrohumanx, 2009-03-28: 00:19:00
Excellent....Pambo was master of the duhblivious... - Mustang, 2009-03-28: 03:29:00
Maybe you can get a fish license at the office of the justice of the deeps. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:17:00
Great job of using James' cartoon for the basis for your sentence. Pambo is lucky he's not facing a sentence for his inquisidolt! You put a fresh spin on an old thing and got a big grin! As the old man in the old tv show Laugh In used to say "very interrrresting!" - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:29:00
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Klutztomer
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: klutz tum err
Sentence: The klutztomer is always riot
Etymology: customer klutz
Interrograte
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: in TER ro GRATE
Sentence: As Emma would pose her redundant and asinine questions to wait-staff, store-clerks, and other service industry employees, it became clear she was posing in more ways than one. She would interrograte these poor unsuspecting workers with her snobvious questions to show her tiny bit of power over them. Then she would quickly send them off to answer to her whims. One day we sat at a restaurant table where there was a buzzer to bring the waiters. She had them come about ten times. “Is this water in this jug? Are these organic lemons? Is the coffee fresh? Freshly ground? What is that song playing on the radio right now? Does your boss also own the franchise across town?” She just wouldn’t stop.
Etymology: INTERROGATE: GRATE: to get on someones nerve; irritate
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COMMENTS:
like it kate - galwaywegian, 2009-03-27: 10:45:00
It's a grate word! - Nosila, 2009-03-27: 13:10:00
Great blending! Clever! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:30:00
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Parleyfool
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: parh-lee-foolh
Sentence: This is a true story. It must be documented! During the 70s, while a hippie, wandering around Quebec, nervous about having to speak what little French I had absorbed in high school, I stuck my head into the door of a pub somewhere near Sherbrooke and spoke to a row of men sitting in semi-darkness at the bar, "Parlez-vous Francais?" They turned in unison, like a row of cows, and mooed, "Ooouui." Needless to say, I let the door slam shut and was too mortified to correct myself. What a parleyfool I was...
Etymology: Combining PARLEY, a discussion (from Fr. parler, to speak) + FOOL. Could be spelled ParlerFou!
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COMMENTS:
Cute story. :) - kateinkorea, 2009-03-27: 23:55:00
Enjoyed your sentence. Your create is a great blending plus a great fun pun on parle vous, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-28: 15:41:00
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Klutztomer
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: klutz tum urrrr
Sentence: trying to keep this particular klutztomer satisfied was like trying to herd cats
Etymology: customer klutz