1. Ambitchous - A person who makes it to the highest rungs of the workplace by being bitchy. Like that Ronald McDonald jerk.
2. Churnalism - Journalism, Murdoch style.
3. Elccelerate - Trying to speed up the elevator's arrival by pressing the button over and over.
4. Inrageous - Seemingly outrageous.
5. Kentonkerous - Grouchy me.
6. Laziargiast - Person who plagiarizes because he or she is too lazy to come up with something original.
7. Non-profiteering - Excelling at the non-profit business or being a failure at the for-profit business.
8. Parmesanier - Person who sprinkles parmesan at a French restaurant.
9. Pliers - Plastic pliers. Get it? Awww, forget it.
10. Tastes good/tastes bad - New descriptors for everything, whether you eat it or not. "The New York Times tastes good. FOX News tastes bad."
11. Telephobia - An inability to pick up the phone without first checking to see who's calling.
Can you explain 'inrageous' a bit? It seems outrageous, but...(what the 'in' part mean)?
ReplyDeleteI have a small issue with non-profiteering: I don't think you meant it this way, but I've heard there's a sense that people who work in nonprofit do so because they "couldn't make it" in for-profit business. That's not true & I think your word suggests it. I still like you though.
The best ads are "seemingly outrageous." If they were actually outrageous, people would get fired. Hence: "inrageous" - outrageous within the realm of acceptability.
ReplyDeleteI give a big speech at school every year at work-placement time about how non-profits are awesome - my tongue-in-cheek word is only for laffs.
I suffer from telephobia and have for years.
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