DEFINITION: v. tr., To engage in private, and even intimate conversations with an office colleague while publicly ignoring them. n., A co-worker and secret “best friend” with whom it is best to keep your friendship confidential.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Snubordinate: /snub-or-din-it/ On the weekends Tiffany and Becka could be found shopping, lunching and looking for love at the hottest clubs together. Becka didn’t mind at all that come Monday she was nothing but Tiffany’s snubordinate. “Tiff” promised once she got the keys to the Management lounge, they could…well, that she’d get fresher pastries, after work, outside, in the parking lot, around the corner and two blocks down. Etymology: Snub: To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight.
Suborninate: Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary. Created by: lumina.
Comments on Snubordinate:
Mustang, 2008-09-23: 08:16:00
She should be brought up on charges of insnubordination.yellowbird, 2008-09-23: 18:34:00
snubbery = opposite of snobbery?? very nice word
Incogmigo: /in-kog-mee-goh/ Jenny liked to have a number of incogmigos at work who were used as her contacts to keep track of all the politics and gossip going on. Etymology: INCOGMIGO – noun – from INCOGNITO (having one’s identity concealed to avoid notice)+ AMIGO (a friend) Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Incogmigo:
lumina, 2008-09-24: 00:07:00
I likey, and I votey. 🙂OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-24: 05:47:00
I like it too.
Protocoldshoulder: /pro-toe-cold-shol-dur/ Whenever I encounter my barhopping buddy/CEO at work I am given the protocoldshoulder. Etymology: protocol (official formality and etiquette) + cold shoulder (snub) Created by: Jabberwocky.
Comments on Protocoldshoulder:
Mustang, 2008-09-23: 08:13:00
Exquisite!!OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-24: 05:46:00
Good word
Differsociate: /dif-er-SOSE-she-ayt/ Peggy Sue was a social climber as well as being professionally ambitious and she made social distinctions in public between those who could help or who might hinder her professionally as well as socially and would only associate with ‘substandard’ friends in private…to her, to differsociate was a survival mechanism more than it was a social aberration.
Etymology: Blend of ‘differentiate’ (to make a distinction) and ‘associate’ (to join as a companion, partner, or ally) Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Differsociate:
Jabberwocky, 2008-09-23: 10:18:00
cleverNosila, 2008-09-23: 12:49:00
Is that like differsity?lumina, 2008-09-23: 16:56:00
I’ll bet Becky Sue, in her attempt to “sniff out” who would help and who would hinder…I am sure she has done quite a bit of kissassociating. 🙂
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