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DEFINITION: v. To greet a person on the phone in rude or obnoxious manner, and then do your best to ignore, or talk over, whatever they say as the conversation continues. n. A person with atrocious phone manners.
Verboticisms
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Telewitch
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: tel - e - wich
Sentence: I don't know but it seems every time I phone Con Ed to check my bill , I feel I always get the same telewhich. Is is it the same person every time or is that just part of their customer skills training!
Etymology: telephone (invention for transmitting speech over distances) + witch ( O.E. a person esp. a woman having supernatural powers with the devil or eveil spirits)
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COMMENTS:
funny.. - mweinmann, 2009-06-03: 07:23:00
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Rudemannersaddictivative
Created by: balku4
Pronunciation: roo-de-man-ner-sad-dic-tai-vey-tiv
Sentence: you're a rudemannersaddictivative
Etymology: look at the word and you will find out
Fonethuggery
Created by: ShaniT
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The secretary was an expert at fonethuggery and had been awarded the 'Fonethug 2008' award by her company for endless bad humour, unhelpfulness and foul language whilst conducting company business.
Etymology: Fone - modern day slang for Telephone. Thug - well known definition of nasty vicious person. Thuggery - the act of being nasty and vicious.
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COMMENTS:
funny - bookowl, 2008-04-16: 15:05:00
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Answeraging
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: an-sir-rage-ing
Sentence: Helen had a bad habit of answeraging into the phone with her bad attitude.
Etymology: Answer-reply; reaction. & Raging- violent; mad
Bellaphonna
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: bella/fauna
Sentence: The receptionist is such a bellaphonna that only masochists call now.
Etymology: belladonna ( a poisonous plant) + bell (phone company) + phone
Uncivilservant
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: un siv ill ser vant
Sentence: Rudi was aptly named. She was employed by the Dept. of Political Correctness and Fair Treatment. Unfortunately she had been a transferee from the Taxation Dept. so in fact, she was an uncivilservant. She snarled into telephones, was rude with co-workers and clients and apparently hated her job. The irony was that she had more Employee of the Month and Outstanding Customer Service Awards than anyone else in her department. Can you imagine what the rest of them were like???
Etymology: Uncivil (lacking civility or good manners) & Civil Servant (a public official who is a member of the civil service)
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COMMENTS:
"Rudi" - ha! - karenanne, 2010-06-24: 13:42:00
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Telefag
Created by: anoesis23
Pronunciation: TE-le-fag
Sentence: She kept on talking over me during the call! What a telefag! So I picked up the phone and was subject to thirty minutes of telefagging from my mother in law.
Etymology: Tele (from telephone) + fag (colloqial use an extremely annoying, inconsiderate person) May be considered offensive. In fact, offense encouraged.
Etiquit
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ET-eh-kwit
Sentence: Miriam's friends were well aware of her atrocious manners whenever she took or made a phone call and they derided her behind her back saying that when on the phone she got a bad case of etiquit.
Etymology: Blend of 'etiquette' (a code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior according to contemporary conventional norms) and 'quit' (cease or stop)
Telemarketeerbasher
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: telly-market-ear-basher
Sentence: Tellymarketeerbashing had never been on Lilith's career plans, however her dominearing manner and the fact that she had no qualms about abusing complete strangers on the telephone led to her being head-hunted by the Insultancy firm to answer their calls. http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=insult
Etymology: telemarketer + ear bash
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-16: 15:06:00
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Phonediva
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: phone+diva
Sentence: Watch out for her if you dial-in, she is such a phonediva, you may not ever get to speak.
Etymology: phone+diva
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by stache. Thank you stache. ~ James
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