Verboticism: Salesjerk

DEFINITION: n. An overbearing or pushy salesperson who makes you want to leave a store rather than look around and buy something. v. To aggressively sell something to someone who doesn't want it.
Salesjerk
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sales-jerk
Sentence: The salesjerk at the car dealership turned the big "Sellabration" into "sellabrasion" when he kept trying to sell me a gargantuan gas guzzler that was painted green that he wanted to get rid of, even after I told him I wanted a "green car" to help the environment.
Etymology: wordplay on salesclerk -- jerk: foolish, rude or contemptible person
Points: 626
Comments: Salesjerk
artr - 2009-12-01: 07:05:00
Like sellabrasion too!