stosseled -
v- past tense of "stossel" See entry below.
Stossel -v- to ask a
short question, often of a skeptical nature, with an over-the-
top imitation of John Stossel's voice and tone in a mock-serious manner so as to provoke the phrase (See first example). Oftentimes the question is no more than three to five words
long. It is essential that the person watch some of the John Stossel specials to adequetely capture the mannerisms or verbal tones of John Stossel. It is essential that the person puts a horizontal
finger or two under the nose in imitation of John Stossel in order to further give the impression that they are "stosseling". The nature of the word is similar to the word "
pwn" or "own" though it is
done more to provoke laughter than to
pwn or own the person.
"stosseled" is a word that is derived from the last name of an ABC reporter named John Stossel. Upon watching
one-hour series of "Give Me a
Break", students from a high school in College Station started to use the last name of the reporter in the said series as a verb often to highlight a situation where a question is asked in a manner of John Stossel.
You got stosseled!
Person 1 (Whips up horizontal index
finger across the
bottom of the nose and uses John Stossel voice): "Isn't that greed?"
Person 2: "Well...er...
maybe...yeah...but what I mean is-"
Person 3: "You just got stosseled!"
