Author: James Gang

DEFINITION: v. To call a phone “help line” and spend 45 minutes pushing buttons and screaming at dumb voice-recognition system, before being automatically disconnected. n. A push-button or voice-activated phone menu system designed to irritate those who use it.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Voicerail: /voyse rayl/ The worst offenders are the ones supposedly out there helping you. Places like government agencies, city services, big corporations,banks… virtually any company with more than 2 people working in it. Roy was like many frustrated people. His anger and fury were incensed even further by having to go through a voicemail system. Or as he called it, a voicerail system. The more menu options he had to go through, the more irate he became. He’d waste an hour tip-toeing through all these numbers only to have to contact “0” to speak to a live human, because none of these options concerned his query. Just as he was about to shoot his phone with his Smith & Wesson, he was told the correct transit number to take and when it would depart…sometimes it’s quicker just to stand at the stop and wait an hour! Etymology: Voice Mail (a computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network) & Rail (spread negative information about;criticize severely;complain bitterly;rebel against) Created by: Nosila.

Helpwhine: /helpwÄ«n/ Most every company has some version of a helpwhine. If you can push the right buttons, you are allowed to vent your frustrations to somebody who may or may not care what you have to say — somebody who may or may not speak discernible English. This assumes that you are ever able to find that lone human in the maze of options. ”Your Call is very important to… click”. Etymology: help (assist) + whine (a feeble or petulant complaint) Created by: artr.

Comments on Helpwhine:

catgrin, 2010-06-21: 05:49:00
Dead on!

Menuseless: /menn ewe sssslehsssssss/ They found his skeleton still upright in the chair, bony hand still holding the phone from which they disembodied voice of the menuseless called “are you still there?” Etymology: menu useless Created by: galwaywegian.

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DEFINITION: v. To hover near, or directly on top of, a person who is busy doing something else, in order to force them to immediately surrender their full attention. n. A person who invades other people’s private spaces and uses the social discomfort to demand attention.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Tarryerist: /tar ree er ist/ “Oh, no!” thought Bernie, “it’s Tina the Tarryerist again”. She’d stand just inside his door waiting for him almost the moment his phone rang. No matter how long his call, she’d wave to him, mouth words at him, carry on and generally make a nuisance of herself. He’d called her out on this behavior before, but she ignored his wishes and kept on torturing him like this. When he was not on the phone, she was always elsewhere in the building. It was hard to get too mad at her though, since she was only 2 years old… Etymology: Tarry (loiter, linger) & Terrorist (characteristic of someone who employs terrorism (especially as a political weapon) Created by: Nosila.

Foistaid: /foistād/ When her boss is ready to implement what she deems an ill-advised policy, Joan administers foistaid. She will plant herself in the exec’s office until her views are heard. Etymology: foist (impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on) + aid (a person or thing that is a source of help or assistance) Created by: artr.

Comments on Foistaid:

Nosila, 2010-06-17: 23:43:00
Foist she’s a jolly good fellow…

Awenshake: // “Who do you think you are, awenshaking me like that? Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency for me. Go wait your turn!”

Etymology: inspired by shock & awe campaign. Created by: mariangela.

Viralurk: /vahy-ruh-lurk/ When asked why they need locks on their doors, the majority of teenagers will claim it is to prevent parents and siblings from viralurking while they study diligently. Soaring enrollment in MMORPGs and abysmal high school median grades seem to counter this argument. Etymology: viral + lurk Created by: catgrin.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. An extremely moody boss, happy one day, mad the next, happy, mad, happy, mad… v. To happily give orders one minute, then angrily yell out the opposite instructions the next. (Note: It’s not because you’re moody. It’s because people don’t listen!)

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Bipoleon: /by-pole-e-on/ Happy-go-lucky, joke-cracking Joyce underwent her usual lunch break metamorphosis today; once she finished her egg salad, the bipoleon suddenly started raining angry spittle and micromanaging with an iron fist. Etymology: bipolar + Napoleon Created by: moonquakes.

Comments on Bipoleon:

Nosila, 2010-06-16: 07:55:00
Tres Bien!

Schizofrenetic: /skitsəfrənetik/ Gene’s boss is nothing if not energetic. The problem is that this energy completely lacks direction. Each directive counteracts the last. His schizofrenetic approach means that his staff spends most of their time spinning in circles. Etymology: schizophrenic (a mentality or approach characterized by inconsistent or contradictory elements) + frenetic (fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way) Created by: artr.

Bipolarbear: /bye pol lar bayer/ Janus was the Office Manager and many had thought she had been way too long in the same job. As they say, she was on the shelf, way past her sell-by date. The biggest problem for her staff was how to approach her, because of her fearsome mood swings. A person could go into her office one minute and be treated in a friendly and respectful manner. A few minutes later and Janus became the bipolarbear and attacked the person. It made life hard for the staff. That was why they took up a collection and hired a big game hunter to solve their problem. Etymology: Bi-Polar (of or relating to manic depressive illness, one of the characteristics being extreme mood swings) & Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)white bear of arctic regions) Created by: Nosila.

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James

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DEFINITION: n. An extremely moody boss, happy one day, mad the next, happy, mad, happy, mad… v. To happily give orders one minute, then angrily yell out the opposite instructions the next. (Note: It’s not because you’re moody. It’s because people don’t listen!)

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Schizofrenetic: /skitsəfrənetik/ Gene’s boss is nothing if not energetic. The problem is that this energy completely lacks direction. Each directive counteracts the last. His schizofrenetic approach means that his staff spends most of their time spinning in circles. Etymology: schizophrenic (a mentality or approach characterized by inconsistent or contradictory elements) + frenetic (fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way) Created by: artr.

Bipoleon: /by-pole-e-on/ Happy-go-lucky, joke-cracking Joyce underwent her usual lunch break metamorphosis today; once she finished her egg salad, the bipoleon suddenly started raining angry spittle and micromanaging with an iron fist. Etymology: bipolar + Napoleon Created by: moonquakes.

Comments on Bipoleon:

Nosila, 2010-06-16: 07:55:00
Tres Bien!

Bipolarbear: /bye pol lar bayer/ Janus was the Office Manager and many had thought she had been way too long in the same job. As they say, she was on the shelf, way past her sell-by date. The biggest problem for her staff was how to approach her, because of her fearsome mood swings. A person could go into her office one minute and be treated in a friendly and respectful manner. A few minutes later and Janus became the bipolarbear and attacked the person. It made life hard for the staff. That was why they took up a collection and hired a big game hunter to solve their problem. Etymology: Bi-Polar (of or relating to manic depressive illness, one of the characteristics being extreme mood swings) & Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)white bear of arctic regions) Created by: Nosila.

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DEFINITION: v. To have a medical condition or illness and yet continually deny it, even after your doctor has diagnosed it. n. A person who steadfastly refuses to accept a medical diagnosis or to follow the prescribed treatment.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Denyagnosis: /dee nye ag no sis/ Mary came to work no matter how sick she was believing that she was indispensible and a martyr to the cause. Her boss and colleagues resented it because inevitably they’d catch whatever germs she brought into work. Under protest she went to see her doctor one day and returned to work that afternoon, saying everything was fine. But she was in denyagnosis, because the bright red spots proved that she had the chicken pox and now everyone could look forward to getting them. Etymology: Deny (refuse to accept or believe) & Diagnosis (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Denyagnosis:

galwaywegian, 2010-06-15: 05:15:00
🙂

Illstrich: /il-strich/ I’ve known friends to illstrich on occasion, but Todd is a world-class illstricher. There are sores all over his lips, but he swears he’s not the 1-in-4 who’s got herpes! How can he keep illstriching like he’s totally healthy? Etymology: From “ill” and a contraction of “ostrich” (a large, flightless bird fabled to hide its head in the sand at the first sign of danger) Created by: catgrin.

Comments on Illstrich:

galwaywegian, 2010-06-15: 05:14:00
nice

Denyill: /dinīil/ To the day he died, Dan was in denyill. He told anybody who was willing to listen and many who weren’t that his doctor was a quack who was just out to get his money by prescribing various treatments and medicines. Who knew that you could die from an untreated hangnail? Etymology: deny (refuse to admit the truth or existence of something) + ill (not in full health; sick) Created by: artr.

Payshunt: /paaaee shunt/ the payshunt continued to suffer on shunnint treatment as he didn’t want to pay the doctor Etymology: patient, shun , pay Created by: galwaywegian.

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