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)
Helline: /hel-line/ James became homicidal after waiting 45 minutes on the helline because he was suicidal. The smarmy sound of the robovoice telling him how important his call was and the 16 measure monophonic drone of Vivaldi finally drove him over the edge causing him to put an end to his suffering by putting a bullet through his earpiece. Etymology: hell+line: wordplay on helpline Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Helline:
abrakadeborah, 2009-05-20: 02:57:00
LOL good one Mrskellyscl !!! 🙂Mustang, 2009-05-20: 06:51:00
VERY good!
Voicejail: /voice-jail/ can I add a sentence for voicejail later? Etymology: voice+jail: wordplay on voice+mail Created by: mikewhite.
Comments on Voicejail:
mweinmann, 2009-05-20: 08:43:00
like this word…describes it perfectly!!Nosila, 2009-05-22: 12:10:00
Great word, mike…yes, please make a sentence, you know you can!
Vexmessaging: /vex mess ajing/ Vexmessaging is described as what used to be a 2 minute inquiry call to a company, greeted by a pleasant, real live person, which has been replaced with a very long battle with an automatronic simulated human voice which does not give you enough options to get an answer. Vexmessaging gives companies the statistics that say their complaints this year are fewer. It is only because no one can get through to anyone to complain!!! Your call is important to us… indeed! Etymology: Vex (to irritate, annoy,disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress;cause annoyance in;especially by minor irritations or be a mystery or bewildering to) & Messaging (sending a message or receiving one)& rhymes with Text Messaging (how everyone under 30 communicates in abbreviated codes, by cell phone/blackberry or other computerized device…even if they are in the same room as those with whom they communicating!)
Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Vexmessaging:
Mustang, 2009-05-20: 04:58:00
Covers it quite nicely. Great word!Jabberwocky, 2009-05-22: 13:15:00
so true
Callnundrum: /kôlnÉ™ndrÉ™m/ When Geoff had an issue with his computer he decided to call the customer service hotline. What started as a good idea quickly turned into a callnundrum, a virtual quagmire of button-pushing choices. Like a digital tar baby, every touch of the keypad took him deeper into the morass. Just when he was about to climb out of the entanglement by hanging up, he broke through to a live human being. Geoff’s elation was immediately dashed when the service rep, who insisted his name was Charlie, seemed to have trouble understanding even the simplest question. He suspected that Charlie’s company-issued Rosetta Stone CD was still in the CD tray. Etymology: call center (an office set up to handle a large volume of telephone calls, esp. for taking orders and providing customer service) + conundrum (a question asked for amusement, typically one with a pun in its answer; a riddle) Created by: artr.
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