DEFINITION: n., A person who diligently and persistently complains about their work. v., To enjoy bellyaching about your job so much that you would never consider quitting.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Knockupation: /nok u pay shun/ Teddy had found his true Knockupation in life. He was a restaurant critic and described his gourmet adventures in the local rag. He took his title “Critic” to heart and never had anything good to say about anywhere he dined. Not only did the food and service not please him, he bad-mouthed his job to anyone who would listen. He complained about the food, the deadlines he had to file his reviews, the pending slander lawsuits from restaurants he reviewed and the fact that he was the only one in town with any sense of taste, style or epicurean knowledge. The fact that all this horrible food had added many inches to his girth was another source of complaint. If the food was really that bad, why did he clean his plate everytime and even ask for more? The reality was that this position knockupied all his waking hours and he could not imagine doing anything else! Etymology: Knock (negative criticism) & Occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; any activity that occupies a person’s attention )
Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Knockupation:
metrohumanx, 2008-09-16: 02:12:00
As usual, an excellent little parable.lumina, 2008-09-16: 22:50:00
A winner for sure! And I will admit, if I was dining near him I might have to fight the urge to sockupy him. 🙂 But that’s just me. *giggle*Nosila, 2008-09-17: 00:34:00
If you’re an actor, is it a mockupation? Is a jet pilot a machupation? Does Bon Jovi have a rockupation? Is being a longshoreman a dockupation? Is an electrician a shockupation? Is Teaching a chalkupation? Is being a cop a glockupation? Do the people at Lego have blockupations? Does a hairstylist or a security guard have a lockupation?
Is being a lecturer a talkupation? Is a shepherd a flockupation? Is a symphony conductor a Bachupation? Is being an athlete a jockupation? Is a Chinese Restaurant owner a wokupation? Somebody stop me…please!
Whinaholic: /whin-a-hol-ic/ My boss is a major whinaholic about his job. Our hours are 8:30 – 5:00, but he arrives at 7:30 and leaves at 5:30 so he can smooze and cruise with the staff, but never stops bitching about all that he has to do.
Etymology: WHINAHOLIC – noun – from WHINE (snivel, or complain in a self-pitying way) + WORKAHOLIC (One who has a compulsive and unrelenting need to work)
Created by: Stevenson0.
Jobstingrate: /job-stin-grate/ Hal’s favourite part of the day was spent jobstingrating. On weekends he felt sad and underdepreciated. Etymology: job + obstinate + grate Created by: Jabberwocky.
Operantive: /opp errr ant ihv/ most operantives work behind reception or in similar affront of house positions. Etymology: operative, rant Created by: galwaywegian.
Comments on Operantive:
Jabberwocky, 2008-09-16: 16:24:00
so trueNosila, 2008-09-16: 20:42:00
Amen…what is it about those jobs that turns nice people into miseries? Or makes bad ones worse? Maybe it has to do with dealing with idiots all day long.
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