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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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Fluse
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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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)
Cellulietis
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: sel yu LIE tis
Sentence: When Larry called into work and said he couldn't get out of bed because he had cellulietis, that was technically accurate, since he WAS using his CELL phone to LIE about not coming in. The "couldn't get out of bed" part was because his long-distance girlfriend was visiting!
Etymology: cellulitis + lie
Workalitis
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: work-uh-lite-is
Sentence: I've got workalitis today Jimbo, I'm not going into the office, I'm drinkin at the beach.
Etymology: workalate =(to go to work) itis=(some form of sickness)
Homerrhagicize
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: home uh raj uh size
Sentence: We had home plate seats for the World Series, so I had to homerrhagicize or my boss would come checking up on me.
Etymology: Home + [hemo]rrhagic (bleeding)
Callinginshtick
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: call-ing-in-sh-tik
Sentence: Avery was a diligent worker with a good sense of responsibility, but when her college roommates showed up on Thursday for a weekend of fun, she couldn't resist pulling the old callinginshtick. After trolling through plausible sudden and severe illnesses in her head, Avery settled on a urinary tract infection, figuring the gross-out factor would preclude her boss from exposing her callinginshtick. She was right.
Etymology: Calling in sick, changed to incorporate shtick, a Yiddish word that means a comic theme or gimmick.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! That AVERY was a genius. You , too. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:42:00
Good one...or mention any kind of female problems and they back away like you've got Bubomic Plague... - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:01:00
Meant Bubonic...though you could feel very explosive! - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:01:00
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Hepalietis
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Hep-a-LIE-tis
Sentence: JIm's not here yet, I wonder if he's got hepalietis?
Etymology: Hepatitis + LIE
Liephoyd
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: lie - foyd
Sentence: The boss suspected that Barry's third tonsillectomy of the year was in reality a case of liephoid fever.
Etymology: lie + typhoid (a disease more prevalent around the turn of the 20th century)
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COMMENTS:
funny - I guess he would be Liephoyd Barry - Typhoid Mary's brother - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 12:29:00
If Barry keeps carrying on in this way up, his boss will "have him up to his back teeth." Nice word:imaginative! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-04: 16:40:00
I had a wicked case of liephoyd last Friday! - milorush, 2007-11-06: 13:00:00
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Replillicate
Created by: tumblebehr
Pronunciation: Reh plah ih la cayt
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James