DEFINITION: v. To arrive at a meeting completely unprepared and then work diligently and obviously to distract yourself from the proceedings. n. A person who attends a meeting but does not believe that they are paid enough to actually pay attention.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Antiestablishmentcontraranism: /antīistablishməntkəntrerēənizəm/ Justin expresses his antiestablishmentcontraranism by showing up for the annual company meeting in a clown outfit. Far from disrupting the gathering, the CEO ad libbed his speech to talk about the clowns that needed to be weeded out of the company. Etymology: anti (against) + establishment (a business organization, public institution) + contrarianism (a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion) Created by: artr2.
Procrasturbate: /pro-crass-stir-bate/ Rick whipped out his phone and commenced forth to procrasturbate during the meeting, much to the chagrin of corporate. Rick, of course, worked in IT. Etymology: procrastinate and mast**bate. Created by: youmustvotenato.
Trystolackadaisicalist: /TRIHST-o-LAK-a-DAYZ-a-kull-ihst./ Jeremiah was prone to being a trystolackadaisicalist; he attended meetings but clearly didn’t care one whit about what went on there. Etymology: From tryst (an agreement to meet at a certain time and place) and lackadaisical (lazy or uncaring). Created by: VigilanteLexicant.
Quoredom: /kwor dom/ When Rocky showed up at a meeting, he displayed a great degree of quoredom. Being the IT guy, he felt such human habits as conducting meetings were not worthy of his precious time. Since teamwork was a big portion of his bonus money, he would have been wiser and wealthier to at least pretend to participate in the proceedings. Etymology: Quorum (a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business) & Boredom (the feeling of being bored by something tedious)
Created by: Nosila.
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