DEFINITION: n. An overbearing or pushy salesperson who makes you want to leave a store rather than look around and buy something. v. To aggressively sell something to someone who doesn’t want it.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Oversellsus: /o ver selz us/ The guy was everywhere. We were grocery shopping, in the produce aisle, when this geeky associate thrusts a box of strawberries at us and says, “Try these, they’re berry nice!” We demer, but he’s back 2 minutes later with green onions, saying, “Repeat after me, I’m the Italian Scallion!” He then shows us a potato (“Don’t his eyes have a peel?”) and a husk of corn (“Meet the kernel, he’s all ears.”) Finally, “Orange you as glad as I yam that you decided to turnip in my department?” and finally, “It’s bean great to “C” you, you’re hard to beet!”
“Do you wanna date?”… At that point, I snapped and said, “Lettuce see what your Store Manager has to say about your oversellsus behavior!” To which the Store Manager replied, “Don’t worry about Romaine, cos he’s just trying to get a head. When he’s not taking a leek here, he goes to comedy school as a caper. He wants to earn a higher celery and get a plum job. I just can’t squash his dreams!” Etymology: Overzealous (marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea) & Over (too much) & Sells Us (persuade somebody to accept something; do business; offer for sale as for one’s livelihood;deliver to an enemy by treachery) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Oversellsus:
mweinmann, 2009-12-01: 07:50:00
overclever!galwaywegian, 2009-12-01: 09:48:00
nice
Commissionary: /kumm ish yon errr eeee/ He tread the sales floor with commissionary zeal, emptying it within minutes Etymology: commission, missionary Created by: galwaywegian.
Comments on Commissionary:
Nosila, 2009-12-01: 11:04:00
cute
Salesjerk: /sales-jerk/ The salesjerk at the car dealership turned the big “Sellabration” into “sellabrasion” when he kept trying to sell me a gargantuan gas guzzler that was painted green that he wanted to get rid of, even after I told him I wanted a “green car” to help the environment. Etymology: wordplay on salesclerk — jerk: foolish, rude or contemptible person Created by: mrskellyscl.
Comments on Salesjerk:
artr, 2009-12-01: 07:05:00
Like sellabrasion too!
Merchuntiser: /merch – hunt – izer/ Stanley was a Sears merchuntiser. Once he saw a potential customer, he tailed them throughout the store waving his arms and talking about the benefits and low cost of every item the customer walked past. Sometimes people bought things just to get rid of him. Etymology: merchandiser, hunter Created by: mweinmann.
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