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DEFINITION: v., To create the impression that you are deathly ill and represent a potentially lethal bio-hazard risk, so that your boss will ask you to "take the next couple of days off". n., A faked illness.
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Anthraxafaking
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: an-thrax-a-fak-ing
Sentence: Bob put on a good show, but all his co-workers knew he was just anthraxafaking.
Etymology: anthrax (deadly infection) fake (pretend)
Liaryngitis
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: liar/in/jy/tis
Sentence: He came down with a bad case of liaryngitis just in time for the baseball playoffs.
Etymology: laryngitis + liar
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - libertybelle, 2007-11-02: 11:08:00
Excellent!! - Mustang, 2007-11-03: 00:00:00
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Psychosicko
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Sy-koe-sick-koe
Sentence: Shane had a problem with always being a psychosicko and going overboard to his boss in order to get more time off.
Etymology: Psycho-Slang for a person that's crazy. Sicko-Slang for a person that is constantly sick.
Illployment
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: il-PLOI-ment
Sentence: By telling his boss that he was suffering from the barcoo rot, Bob created such a perfect illusion that he was granted immediate illployment on full pay for a month.
Etymology: ill: unwell, unfavorable; ploy: 1. trick, manoeuvre, 2. piece of business, task & ment: act. ... Illusion: blend of ill & illusion.
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COMMENTS:
glad everything went well with the cardio - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 12:34:00
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Inventedluenza
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: in-vent-ed-lou-enz-ah
Sentence: Kimberly suspected her co-worker had come down with a case of inventedluenza when she saw her coworker had updated her facebook status several times about shopping and going out on the town, which was strange since they lived in a village.
Etymology: invented (to make up or fabricate) + influenza (common disease)
Deathillie
Created by: rexturtle
Pronunciation: deathil-LIE, or Death-IL-lie, or DEATH- illie : Comments please
Sentence: I told a deathillie to get off work today
Etymology: Crushing together of "deathly", "ill", and "lie".
Decepsis
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) dĭ-sěp'sĭs; (adj.) dĭ-sěp'tĭk
Sentence: Friday I called into work with an acute case of decepsis; I was all better once I cradled the receiver.
Etymology: dec[eptive] + [s]epsis = (local or generalized invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins)
Fakesicknessism
Created by: ethancarlyon
Pronunciation: fake sick niss is um
Sentence: I used my fakesicknessism to get out of school early yesterday.
Etymology: fake- not real sick- not healthy ism- syndrome
Plaguegiarize
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: playg/jeea/rise
Sentence: Whenever Dan felt the urge to spend a lazy day relaxing on the beach he would plaguegiarize the current circulating virus and call in sick.
Etymology: plague + plagiarize
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and svnfsvn. Thank you remistram and svnfsvn! ~ James'
Thanks to everyone for joining me at our Blog Party yesterday to celebrate Verbotomy's first birthday. It was a lot of fun. Thanks! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James