Verboticism: Harasshat

'Are you just browsing?'

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.

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Harasshat

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: huh-RAS-hat

Sentence: As she made her way to the front of the bookstore, Gilda was cornered by resident harasshat Caleb, who wasted at least five minutes of her day calmly reassuring her that he'd been reading Baudrillard.

Etymology: harass + asshat

Points: 572

Comments: Harasshat

iwasatripwire - 2007-05-16: 12:37:00
love it love it love it

Clayton - 2007-05-16: 14:49:00
I really need to start using this one, because I seem to run into a few each day.