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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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Workjerk
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: werk jerk
Sentence: She was a darling at the weekend, but on mondays she reverted to workjerk
Etymology: work, jerk
Slitch
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: S L "ICH"
Sentence: Becky was always sliching through the office, just waiting.
Etymology:
Dispalomime
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: dis/pal/o/mime
Sentence: My dispalomime Suzy cant keep her trap shut when we are at the office. I dont want anyone to know we go out after work because everyone considers Suzy to be a floozy. Well, she IS one but Suzy always attracts lots of men when she goes out and theres always an extra wingman for me.
Etymology: Dis (to show disrespect for; affront) + Pal (intimate friend; comrade; chum.) + Pantomime (conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.)
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-23: 10:20:00
Love it! - Nosila, 2008-09-23: 12:42:00
good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-24: 05:49:00
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Secretfriendzy
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation: secret-frenzy
Sentence: She wanted her only as a secretfriendzy.
Etymology:
Cubedestfriend
Created by: zavijava
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My cubedestfriend was so serious about keeping our friendship secret that if she needed advice at work, she'd go to the bathroom and call me at my desk.
Etymology: cubicle+clandestine+friend
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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Egalitard
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: ee/gal/i/tard
Sentence: With her pleasant demeanor and slow wit, Connie was the perfect egalitard.
Etymology:
Confriendential
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kon-frend-den-shuh l
Sentence: Kate and Allie grew up together. They went to college together. They are roommates. The fact that they work as sales reps for competing companies means that their relationship is confriendential at work.
Etymology: confidential (in strict privacy or secrecy) + friend (a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard)
Conafiliate
Created by: Katie
Pronunciation: con-afil-iate
Sentence: I know we are friends but i cant conafiliate with you in public.
Etymology: con+afiliate
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