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DEFINITION: n. A momentary feeling of relief mixed with lingering dread, which occurs when your boss marches past the piles of unfinished work on your desk. v. To sigh with relief after your boss marches past your desk
Verboticisms
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Intraypidation
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-tray-pid-ay-shun
Sentence: whenever i became too overwhelmed with intraypidation i would head to the kitchen for a bit of subterfridge
Etymology: in tray, intrepid, trepidation
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COMMENTS:
well deskribed - galwaywegian, 2007-06-11: 05:17:00
I like. - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 07:14:00
I have to vote for this one because of the excellent usage of subterfridge - porsche, 2007-06-11: 13:05:00
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Slackenfreude
Created by: mweinfeld
Pronunciation: slack - en - frud
Sentence: Tom felt a perverse sense of slackenfreude at having missed his deadline yet again.
Etymology: slacken- to be lazy; and freude- joy
Avoideliefear
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: a-void-e-lea-fear
Sentence: At the sound of the thundering footsteps, a sudden feeling of avoideliefear has overwhelmed my pretty blonde head.
Etymology: avoid - the boss relief - he doesn't know it's you fear - that he will find out
Bigwigjig
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bigwigjig
Sentence: Mary’s bigwigjig was short-lived as the company ”suits” passed by her desk without so much as a glance. She got all the attention she could stand later when her supervisor passed along the corporate concerns over productivity.
Etymology: bigwig (an important person)+ jig (a lively dance with leaping movements)
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COMMENTS:
:-D - CharlieB, 2011-05-16: 06:47:00
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Quotasigher
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: Quota - sigh - er
Sentence: Quotasighering leaves me feeling perplexed about my job security.
Etymology: Quota ( work load required ) + Sigh (murmur) + Cower ( dread )
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COMMENTS:
And no doubt the quota's higher. - petaj, 2007-06-12: 07:40:00
good eye. - guesser, 2007-06-18: 13:55:00
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Blork
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: bl-aw-k
Sentence: "You know when you're totally blorking 'cos your boss didn't talk to you? I had it three times today. I nearly died of blork." "OMG! I had a major blork just then. My boss is a total slave driver but he didn't notice me slacking for a change."
Etymology: The words 'boss', 'pile' and 'work' all squashed together into a semi-coherent sounding sort of word.
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COMMENTS:
Is she having a blockage or a blorkage? Great word. - Discoveria, 2012-09-09: 14:34:00
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Dreadelief
Created by: happyhippy
Pronunciation: dread/el/ief
Sentence:
Etymology: dread - as in dreading something, relief- relived about something put them together to get the meaning or dreadelief
Relidread
Created by: Zer22
Pronunciation: Rel-eh-dread
Sentence: I had a relidread feeling as I was not caught for having a lot of work to do.
Etymology: Relief + Dread
Allayoffment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: al/ay/off/ment
Sentence: A wave of allayoffment passed over him as he narrowly escaped being asked to produce last week's revenue figures.
Etymology: allayment (relief) + lay off (as in being fired)
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COMMENTS:
wonderful! - jadenguy, 2007-06-11: 15:23:00
Hey Jabber - congrats on your win (AGAIN!) Another great word week! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-11: 16:10:00
yeah...you just keep throwin' punches...your like wocky balboa - rikboyee, 2007-06-11: 20:15:00
Subhan Allay wa Bihamdih. - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 22:16:00
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Loproductingle
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: lo-PROD-uct-EEN-gull
Sentence: Sensing an evil presence nearby, Casper threw a spreadsheet over his Minesweeper game just in time to see the Library Director sweep past like the grim fog from a defiled graveyard. Slowly, a LOPRODUCTINGLE spread over him as every cell in his database quivered like a child caught in a lie. "I hope you're working on those usage reports." Pat said with a pseudofriendly voice that belied the hateful look in her cold grey administrative eye. "OH YEAH !" He stammered, only to regret his lack of a more creative reply. Casper's eyes never wandered from the monitor until she floated wraith-like into her office. Relieved that the moment had passed, he began to relax, but the LOPRODUCTINGLE returned like the rising tide of fear he felt in his coffee-filled bladder. An out-of-body sensation stupefied his mind as he catalogued all the woes this encounter could bring to his pleasantly mundane life. He minimized the screen which mocked his defiance and resumed play in the minefield of academic employment...
Etymology: LOw+PRODUCTivity+tINGLE=LOPRODUCTINGLE low: relatively small BS output.... productivity: a measure of useful work....tingle: to feel a ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation
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COMMENTS:
The above incident is a product of fiction and bears no resemblance to any persons, living or undead. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:33:00
http://www.ifla.org/I/humour/humour.htm - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:34:00
Live it or live WITH it! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:35:00
WOW! Verbotomists get up pretty early ! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:44:00
Loproductingle...I thought it was a stroke (of genius!) - Nosila, 2008-08-04: 17:52:00
Some of us verbotimists go to bed late...depends on your time zone! - Nosila, 2008-08-04: 23:39:00
Sounds like a jingle! - Wordotwist, 2008-08-05: 10:56:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by cohenarie. It is also inspired by Timothy Johnson's book "GUST" where he advises that the first thing you have to realize about office politics is that it's a game. Thank you Cohenarie and Timothy! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by cohenarie. Thank you cohenarie. ~ James