Tag: Verbotomy

DEFINITION: v. To be so hardworking and dedicated to your job that you come to work even when you’re sick and dangerously infectious. n. A person who comes to work sneezing, coughing, contagious, and sick as a dog.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Germployee: /jurm ploy ee/ Peter was well on his way to becoming Germployee of the Month. He regularly came in to work, when he should have stayed in his sick bed. The more contagious he was, the more hours he would expose his co-workers to his nasty virulent bacterium. If he just once stayed home when he felt this way, office absenteeism would plummet. His new nickname was Peter Pandemic. Etymology: Germ (a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium) & Employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Germployee:

Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:40:00
funny – love Peter Pandemic

Mustang, 2009-06-20: 05:58:00
Clever

Staphstaff: /stafstaf/ Betty works in an office where they are very careful to categorize workers into specific workgroups. Nobody is supposed to or allowed do work that isn’t in their job description. Betty has her own categories for people who insist on coming to work despite being ill. The biggest group is the flucrew. The bunch she works hardest to avoid is the staphstaff. Etymology: staph (a bacterium of a genus that includes many pathogenic kinds that cause pus formation, esp. in the skin and mucous membranes) + staff (all the people employed by a particular organization) Created by: artr.

Comments on Staphstaff:

Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:41:00
very creative

Jobsicksess: /job-sick-sess/ John is a workaholic determined to become CEO before he’s forty. He comes to work no matter his illness. This lends to his rising star success, but to his co-workers, John’s jobsicksess means they’ll probably catch the swine flu, or other disease from him.

Etymology: job + sick + obsess; j + obsess = jobsess + sick = jobsicksess

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Jobsicksess:

Nosila, 2009-06-19: 13:03:00
Sicksessful word!

Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:40:00
good one

Contagent: /[kuhn-tey-juhnt]/ In the real estate business, there was only one man that made every client sick. Literally. Whether, rain or shine, herpes or measles, swine flu or walking pneumonia, Dan could always be relied on to show houses or man the phones as the hardest working contagent in the office. Etymology: A mash-up of ‘contagion’, the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact and ‘agent’, a person or business authorized to act on another person or business’s behalf, a substance that causes a reaction, or any microorganism capable of causing disease. Created by: Ismelstar.

Comments on Contagent:

Nosila, 2009-06-19: 13:07:00
great word!

Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:39:00
terrific combo

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DEFINITION: v. To return to the gym in order to get back in shape, only to over-do-it and injure yourself. n. An injury which is the result of an overly ambitious exercise program.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Exerdemise: /Ex-er-dem-eyes / Sue hadn’t been to the gym in years but decided that it was time to jump back on that horse. She went to a spinning class, gave it her all, and left feeling like a new woman. When she woke up the next morning, however, she realized that she had reached her exerdemise. Etymology: Exercise + demise Created by: alicat.

Comments on Exerdemise:

Nosila, 2009-06-18: 20:54:00
good one

Gymjury: /jim – jur – ee/ Gym, Gyminy, Gym, Gyminy, Gym, Gymjury….Milton exclaimed after he lifted the 80 lb weight once again. This time, he felt intense pressure and straining in his groin area. That could not be good…..He should have waited longer after his hernia operation; not to mention that it had been 8 years since his last trip to the gym… This time he knew he had a really bad gymjury! Etymology: gym, injury Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Gymjury:

Mustang, 2009-06-19: 03:03:00
Very good.

Excersciatica: /eksÉ™rsÄ«atikÉ™/ Joyce is not one to do things halfway. If there is something to do, she will do it twice or twice as hard. She loves her exercise classes, but often ends up injuring herself with her exuberance. Her knees, legs, neck, elbows or back take the brunt of Taebo, Pilates and Jazzercise. Her latest fixation, EuroBlastTraining (don’t ask). Her latest ailment? Excersciatica! Etymology: exercise (activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp. to sustain or improve health and fitness) + sciatica (pain affecting the back, hip, and outer side of the leg) Created by: artr.

Comments on Excersciatica:

mrskellyscl, 2009-06-18: 06:39:00
Great word.

Fitnesschlump: /FIT-ness-schlump/ Randall returned to the gym with great zeal after a several month layoff from his workout routine but he had become such a fitnesschlump that he managed to pull several muscles and wrench his back after an over ambitious workout. Etymology: blend of ‘fitness’ and ‘schlump’ (a slovenly person; slob) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Fitnesschlump:

Nosila, 2009-06-18: 20:56:00
Schlumperb word

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DEFINITION: n. A person who blames their neighbors, coworkers, and/or parents for anything and everything that is wrong in the world. v. To lay blame on someone for something which is obviously beyond their control and influence.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Culpabully: /kull – pa – bull – ee/ Marcy is known as a culpabully. No matter what goes wrong in the world, she always blames someone; even if it is a force of nature or circumstantial. Etymology: culpable (deserving blame), bull (a serious and ludicrous blunder,bullshit: obscene words for unacceptable behavior), bully (pick on, browbeat) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Culpabully:

Jabberwocky, 2009-06-17: 16:03:00
like it

Mustang, 2009-06-18: 00:23:00
Good one.

Lackuse: /lak youz/ As usual Sharon DeBlame always wanted to lackuse her fiance, parents, friends and relatives when things did not go her way, even though they had no control over these events. Her upcoming nuptials gave her a lot of fodder and turned her into a Bridezilla, a Bride of Frankenstein. By the time the big day rolled around, she had become impossible to live with and her fiance, Randy Foule, was seriously considering eloping with his best man, Ben Dover, just to escape the wrath of the hideous creature his innocent young fiancee had become! Etymology: Lack (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable or just not there) & Accuse ( blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;reproach) Created by: Nosila.

Blamebidextrous: /blame-bee-dex-trose/ A blamebedextrous person can shift blame with double the speed. Etymology: blame + be + ambidextrous Created by: bookowl.

Comments on Blamebidextrous:

mweinmann, 2009-06-18: 08:52:00
clver!

Scapegoatherder: /scape-gote-hur-dur/ Sam was a scapegoatherder who had a handy flock of scapegoats to blame for anything that went wrong. Etymology: scapegoat + goat herder Created by: Jabberwocky.

Comments on Scapegoatherder:

mrskellyscl, 2009-06-17: 06:52:00
lol

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DEFINITION: n. A type of frustration created by a manager who never notices when you work late, but always nags you for leaving early whenever you leave on time. v. To carefully monitor your subordinates to ensure that they never leave work a minute early.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Clockstalk: /klok-stawk/ Jim, our obnoxious, irritating, micro manager, clockstalks every employee ensuring that they give 110% of their working time to the company.

Etymology: clock + stalk

Created by: Stevenson0.

Comments on Clockstalk:

Mustang, 2009-06-17: 00:45:00
Good one!

mweinmann, 2009-06-17: 07:46:00
this is priceless!

Timepeeper: /time-peep-er/ Helen suspected that Tom, the manager, was a timpeeper when she saw him standing by the coffee machine watching every move she made and checking his watch to make sure her break wasn’t too long. He was always at the door in the morning with a creepy look on his face watching her take off her coat and he was there in the evening when she put her coat back on to go home. He was seen peeping over the top of her cubicle to make sure she wasn’t on Ebay instead of working and wasting company time. One day, however, he went too far and followed her to the ladies room to see that she didn’t take too long. He was caught on a surveilance video and her attorney had no problem filing a harassment suit. Etymology: play on timekeeper — peeper: voyeur (Peeping Tom) Created by: mrskellyscl.

Comments on Timepeeper:

Nosila, 2009-06-16: 10:45:00
The peep became a purp! Good word.

Mustang, 2009-06-17: 00:45:00
Excellent

Theagonyoftheexitsee: /the-agony-and-the-exit-see/ Every Friday the staff suffered from theagonyandtheexitsee as they tried to creep past Hal the monitor. Etymology: the agony and the ecstasy + exit + see Created by: bookowl.

Comments on Theagonyoftheexitsee:

mrskellyscl, 2009-06-16: 16:53:00
Clever word compilation!

Nosila, 2009-06-17: 01:36:00
Love it!

Clockadoodledue: /klok a doo dell doo/ Cylla Stration thought it would be a fun job drawing for a comic book company. Until she met her boss, Mr.Art Work. His policy was that no artist left for the day unless they completed a whole comic book. So he sat by the only exit, by the time clock and monitored his staff. No one left until they could clockadoodledue. Etymology: Clock (time measurement piece) & Doodle (scribble a drawing on paper) & Due (something owed) Created by: Nosila.

Comments on Clockadoodledue:

Jabberwocky, 2009-06-16: 13:11:00
clever

Mustang, 2009-06-17: 00:47:00
Cute!

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DEFINITION: v. To create an impression that you have made a positive contribution, especially when related to career activities. n. A personal mark or imprint which proves that you have done something that matters.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Substamptial: /sub – stamp – shul/ There were many colleagues who thought Janelle had made a contribution to the last project; just because her intials or name appeared on all correspondence relating to it. The situation was really more substamptial than it appeared…. Etymology: substantial (significant: fairly large), stamp (to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something), sub (short for substitute) Created by: mweinmann.

Comments on Substamptial:

Mustang, 2009-06-16: 00:32:00
Good one.

Mustang, 2009-06-16: 01:16:00
Good one.

Mycreditation: /my-cred-eh-TAY-shun/ Vernon wanted to make sure that everyone knew about his contributions to various programs that succeeded whether or not due to his efforts, and he found ways to engage in mycreditation, managing to put his ‘stamp’ on paperwork or other things that would surely draw attention toward him. Etymology: Blend of ‘my’ and ‘accreditation’ (to ascribe or attribute to) Created by: Mustang.

Comments on Mycreditation:

Jabberwocky, 2009-06-15: 13:20:00
Talkin’ ’bout mycreditation (Who said that)

Nosila, 2009-06-15: 14:17:00
The Who’s on first…

Nascentag: /NAY-sent-AG/ Twas only a week that he’d worked in our shop-
And his legend loomed large though he just pushed a mop.
His Achievements were nil, but he still had to brag-
So he festooned the halls with his crude NASCENTAG.
Etymology: NAScent+SCENt+TAG= NASCENTAG…..NASCENT: coming or having recently come into existence; Latin nascent-, nascens, present participle of nasci to be born…..SCENT: an odor left by an animal on a surface passed over, effluvia from a substance that affect the sense of smell; Middle English sent, from Anglo-French sente, from sentir…..TAG: a graffito in the form of an identifying name or symbol; Middle English tagge; akin to Middle Low German tagge, tacke twig, spike . Created by: metrohumanx.

Comments on Nascentag:

metrohumanx, 2009-06-15: 09:18:00
ARS LONGA
VITA BREVIS

Jabberwocky, 2009-06-15: 13:18:00
very poetic

Mustang, 2009-06-16: 03:15:00
very good

Colophiti: /kol-uh-fiti/ John placed his distinctive colophiti on all office collaborative work and memos to demonstrate to his boss that he had personally read and digested all the important information.

Etymology: colophon (printer’s distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works) + graffiti (markings, tags, or initials)

Created by: Stevenson0.

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