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DEFINITION: v., To ignore a "friend" at work because you don't want anyone else to know that you are friends. n., A co-worker and secret "best friend" with whom it is best to keep your friendship confidential.
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Freatcode
Created by: iluvenglish
Pronunciation: freet-cod
Sentence: she always freatcodes in front of her boss
Etymology: friend, cheat, cheat code
Slitch
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: S L "ICH"
Sentence: Becky was always sliching through the office, just waiting.
Etymology:
Amighost
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Ah-mee-gohst
Sentence: Janice and Sylvia glanced surreptitiously at the copy machine while tapping a finger on their respective phone receivers to indicate they would meet at 1pm to exchange client information and catch up on office gossip while making xeroxes of company memos. To the untrained eye, it would be difficult to discern that they were actually good amighosts.
Etymology: Amigos: friends + ghosts: invisible visitors.
Appropriatalis
Created by: StrangerThenFiction
Pronunciation: app-rope-ree-at-al-is
Sentence:
Etymology:
Friendeprecate
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: fren dep ruh cate
Sentence: Don't come to my office George, or I'll have to friendeprecate you -- I need to keep my nose clean.
Etymology: friend + deprecate
Confidont
Created by: Chickp
Pronunciation: Con-fee-dont
Sentence: My office confidont will remember that we do not talk now but after hours.
Etymology: Confidant + don't
Chugotitmane
Created by: BigKP
Pronunciation: ch-you-got-it-man
Sentence: My secret crush at the office kept trying to make Chugotitmane with me.
Etymology:
Confriendential
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: känfrendenchəl
Sentence: John and Tim are roommates. They have been since college. When they ended up working for the same company their situation became confriendential. The company policy against nepotism includes domestic partners which they are not. They only sleep in the same bed because they can*t afford a two-bedroom apartment. The shared showers save water. And the kissing? That*s just because they both come from affectionate families.
Etymology: Confidential (intended to be kept secret) + Friend (a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection)
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COMMENTS:
Not that there is anything wrong with it.... - Nosila, 2010-02-23: 01:30:00
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Defriendtiate
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I know we are close, but I must defrienciate our relationship at work.
Etymology: de-friend+differentiate - definition: To remove friendships from the work environment by setting it apart from the non-work relationship.
Chumvenience
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: chum-veen-yenss
Sentence: Sue thought Marcy was her best friend, but when her attempt to strike up a conversation with her at the conference was met with Marcy's cold glare, Sue realized she was just a chumvenience.
Etymology: chum, convenience
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-25: 11:13:00
So do I! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-25: 18:51:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
lumina - 2008-09-25: 12:01:00
"Yay!" :)
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James