DEFINITION: n., A fear that occurs immediately after you have lodged a complaint, and is focused on the possibility that your service representative (i.e. waiter, bank manager, dental hygienist, etc.) is planning sabotage (i.e. secretly spitting in your food, secretly ruining your credit rating, or secretly removing your tonsils, etc.).
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Remorselphobia: /Ree – morse – el – fo – bee – uh/ After harshly criticizing the dessert the waiter brought, Gracielda had a bout of remorselphobia over the thought of what the waiter may return with. Etymology: Remorse + morsel + phobia Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Remorselphobia:
hendrixius, 2007-11-30: 08:34:00
nice word…Jabberwocky, 2007-11-30: 15:06:00
very nice
Fretribution: /Freh-tri-bu-shun/ Fretribution is rampant amongst vegetarians who request a vegan meal. Etymology: fret + retribution Created by: porsche.
Comments on Fretribution:
purpleartichokes, 2007-11-30: 13:45:00
Ooooo… nice! Quite versatile!
Maitrebution: /mey-truh-byoo-shun/ As soon as she returned her over cooked steak, she had a sick sense that maitrebution would occur behind the closed doors of the kitchen on her new steak. Etymology: maitre d’+ retribution Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Maitrebution:
franke, 2007-11-30: 10:03:00
Great word — I’ll be thinking about it the next time I send food back at a restaurant. Yikes!!purpleartichokes, 2007-11-30: 10:22:00
A legitimate beef. No doubt her next steak will be cooked medium hair.
Dissatisfriction: /dis-sat-is-frik-shern/ as he sent the salad back because it was to ‘leafy’, he started to feel an awkward pang of dissatisfriction Etymology: diss, dissatisfaction, friction Created by: rikboyee.
Comments on Dissatisfriction:
purpleartichokes, 2007-11-30: 10:14:00
I bet he’ll get the seizure salad for returning it.Jabberwocky, 2007-11-30: 15:04:00
or maybe a gob salad with blew cheese dressingpurpleartichokes, 2007-11-30: 18:07:00
And what was that floating in the turdle soup?
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Definition Comments:
Verbotomy – 2007-11-30: 00:28:00
Today’s definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram~ Jamesremistram – 2007-11-30: 10:14:00
I admit – one of my paranoias….purpleartichokes – 2007-11-30: 13:49:00
Thanks for all the great definitions Remi!Verbotomy – 2007-12-01: 07:45:00
By the way, Remistram also gets a credit for yesterday’s definition. She originally submitted her definition about compulsive sniffing in June, so I have added her name to the credits which she shares with kabloozie. Thanks! ~ James