{"id":536,"date":"2009-01-16T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2009-01-16T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T16:00:01","slug":"nontributor-our-boss-said-i-had-to-attend-this-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=536","title":{"rendered":"Nontributor: Our boss said I had to attend this meeting."},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v. intr.<\/em> To arrive at a meeting completely unprepared and then work diligently and obviously to distract yourself from the proceedings. n.<\/em> A person who attends a meeting but does not believe that they are paid enough to pay attention.<\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Nontributor<\/strong>: \/non – trib – you – tore<\/em>\/ When Lenny didn’t get the raise he thought he deserved, he became a nontributor at all of the meetings he was forced to attend. He brought in nothing that could be interpreted as a contribution to the meeting. Instead, he brought in crossword books, playing cards or even his Nintendo DS. Once in awhile, he would say something like “does anyone know a four letter word for someone who misbehaves in company meetings ending in the letter K?” Or “Yes, the Red Jack goes on the Black Queen”, just to irritate those who made him attend. Etymology:<\/em> Contributor (To help bring about a result; act as a factor, giving in common with others for a common purpose) + Non (Negative form of a word or group of words) Created by:<\/em> mweinmann.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Nontributor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-01-14: 11:31:00<\/em>
excellent<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Spectraitor<\/strong>: \/spec-tray-tur<\/em>\/ John attended the morning meeting merely as a spectraitor. He successfully sabotaged establishing the agenda for the day.
\n Etymology:<\/em> spectator (onlooker) + traitor (subversive element)
\n Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Spectraitor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-01-14: 12:03:00<\/em>
Excellent!<\/p>\n

TJayzz<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-01-14: 15:29:00<\/em>
great word<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Recalcityroaf<\/strong>: \/ree-cal-sit-TIE-roaf
\n(recalcityroafette)<\/em>\/ The Library Dominatrix had forced Jeff to abandon his personal feifdom and attend a typically bogus meeting at the Megastructure. Unkemp and unconcerned, Jeff was only a RECALCI-TYROAF compared to the rest of us who had suffered through endless vapid meetings totally devoid of meaning or productivity. Jeff’s casual insolence marked him for what he was…a mere amateur at the subtle art of boss-baiting. His five-minute Pornopoint Presentation only brought him a week in the cooler. Years of administrative harassment had converted our workplace into an academic version of a prisoner of war camp, and our subtle sarcasm, subliminal suggestions and underground campaign of disinformation had led to the total breakdown of more than one camp administrator. Totally lacking subtlety, Jeff’s blatant insolence and goon-baiting drew the Commandant’s attention while we discreetly falsified memos, released budgies, and planted several alarm clocks timed to disrupt our annual Staff Appreciation Day. So even a RECALCI-TYROAF has a place in the great SCHEME of things. They never DID discover the tunnel. Etymology:<\/em> RECALCItrant+TYRo+OAF=RECALCITYROAF….RECALCITRANT:: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint,difficult to manage or train,not responsive to treatment; Late Latin recalcitrant-, recalcitrans, present participle of recalcitrare to be stubbornly disobedient, from Latin, to kick back, from re- + calcitrare to kick, from calc-, calx heel…..TYRO:a beginner in learning,one inept at insubordination;Medieval Latin, from Latin tiro young soldier, tyro…..OAF:a stupid person, a boob,a big clumsy slow-witted person; alteration of auf, alfe goblin’s child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00c3\u00a6lf elf. Created by:<\/em> metrohumanx.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Recalcityroaf:<\/strong><\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-01-14: 01:21:00<\/em>
Rats! The word “city” seems too pronounced- I wanted more emphasis on “tyro”. I’ll try to do better, gang.<\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-01-14: 02:05:00<\/em>
Free online books here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/catalog\/<\/p>\n

Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-01-14: 17:57:00<\/em>
I tried to say that three times and broke my tongue….but I still like it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Attendunce<\/strong>: \/att en dunsssss<\/em>\/ His attendunce record snored for itself Etymology:<\/em> attendance dunce
\n Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Attendunce:<\/strong><\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-01-14: 12:12:00<\/em>
Excellent! Simply great and easy to remember. luv the sentence, too.<\/p>\n

readerwriter<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-01-14: 15:57:00<\/em>
I like this word and voted for it. But wonder if we worry about the words being the “right” parts of speech as called for…<\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-01-15: 00:12:00<\/em>
Great…I’m sure we all atend meetings with these duds, I mean dudes!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=board<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
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