Verboticisms

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Con-d-tay-jus

Sentence: When Neil heard the weather forecast for the next few days he hatched a plan that couldn't possibly fail. He used his kid's white face paints to make hiim look deathly pale and went into work moaning that he felt terrible, his boss took one look at him and fearing that he was connedtagious,, immediately told him to take a week off. As soon as Neil got home he washed off the paint and replaced it with suntan oil then poured himself a large drink and went into the garden to sunbathe for the rest of the day.

Etymology: Conned(to have deceived (someone) by lying) + Contagious(of a disease) spread by direct or indirect contact between people or organisms) = Connedtagious

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COMMENTS:

clever - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 10:58:00

That Neil is MY kind of slacker. Buy him one on me. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:33:00

Very clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:14:00

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Created by: LoftyDreamer

Pronunciation: soodo-mone-yuh

Sentence: After two days of fake hacking and coughing at meetings, Congolia finally convinced her boss she was too ill to work, but Congolia smiled to herself as she left the office, knowing it was really a case of pseudomonia.

Etymology: pseudo (false) + pneumonia (respiratory illness)

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COMMENTS:

Love that Congolia! - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 21:58:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: med-eh-scam-vuh-KAY-shun

Sentence: For the third year in a row Bernard managed to play on the sympathy of his boss Viola, and wrangled a weeks paid vacation of sick leave by pulling yet another mediscamvaction gambit.

Etymology: Blend of medical, scam, and vacation.

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COMMENTS:

That's what I"M talking about. More! More! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:40:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: f/lose

Sentence: Sandra often calls in with the fluse when she needs a mental health day at the beach.

Etymology: flu + false + ruse

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COMMENTS:

Sandra's such a flusey! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 13:34:00

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Created by: DrWebsterIII

Pronunciation: fab ri ˈkändrēa

Sentence: Sue Ellen was quite the fabrichondriac, forever playing hooky and getting away with it, that her jealous co-workers begged her for one of her never failing, get out of work, contagious conditions.

Etymology: fabricate: to lie, + hypochondria: imaginary illness

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Created by: Lidipop

Pronunciation: aye-leye-ing

Sentence: Meet me at the beach...my boss believed me when i was "ailying" about how i feel...hahaha

Etymology: ailment(sickness) + lying(dishonest)=ailying

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: urg-bowl-ah

Sentence: She woke up with a wicked case of ergbola, compounded by an overwhelming need to feel the sand between her toes and the sun on her face.

Etymology: erg, ebola

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: malla-day-off

Sentence: The boss was suspicious that Ken was only suffering from a maladayoff. In the background he could hear the strains of Greensleeves and the steady crash of waves on a beach. It must have been a case of fauxplague.

Etymology: malady + day off (faux + plague + plage fr. for Beach) A fauxplague is a specific type of maladayoff wherein the sufferer returns to work with a case of sunburn.

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COMMENTS:

Hee hee so funny!! i like fauxplague too - kinda sexy! - libertybelle, 2007-11-02: 11:09:00

Clever blend. Hope Ken doesn't get sandy blight! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-04: 16:49:00

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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

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Created by: FreakoSpeako

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I had to trake my boss today.

Etymology:

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