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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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Moutharougitist
Created by: mistressofwords
Pronunciation: mouth-a-roo-ji-tist
Sentence: The doctor said I have a bad case of Moutharougitist.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
having a red (rouge french for red) mouth that is swollen. yuk - mistressofwords, 2008-10-01: 15:58:00
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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)
Skypeochondria
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sky po kon dree ah
Sentence: Judy just could not face another Friday or Monday at her boring job, so she called her boss to beg off work. Judy suffers from skypeochondria and whether it is kneemonia, toelio, affluenza or another organ recital, she videos her dog's yucky mouth to show off her illness of the day. If her boss had a brain, he'd wonder at the sounds of seagulls and crashing waves in the background...
Etymology: Skype (video phone service) & Hypochondria (chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments)
Mediscam
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: MED-eh-skam
Sentence: In order to extend his vacation a couple extra days, Barrymore once again conned his boss with a mediscam, reporting phony symptoms accompanied by phony photos.
Etymology: Blend of 'medical' and 'scam'
Muybuyuymuy
Created by: blackkittynili
Pronunciation: muey-buey-buey-muey
Sentence: i really am muybuybuying my boss
Etymology: i donow bhg guhf loujhf olujhf oulhf oluhf olujhf olujhf olujhf of oujhf ouhf ouhf ouhf ouf oufyuo uyfyuoyf uyf ouyf yu ofuyf uyo fuyof uoyf uyof yuo uyo fuyo fuyof yu fouyf yu fyu fuyf uoy fuy foufuyfuo uyf ouyf ouyf ouyf ouyf ouyf ouyf yuof yuov yu ofty
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COMMENTS:
muybuybuymuy - blackkittynili, 2007-11-04: 04:07:00
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Sikasadog
Created by: afehnel2
Pronunciation: Sick-as-a-dog
Sentence: "I would come into work today but I can't because my doctor says I have Sickasadog. It's contagious."
Etymology: Sick- not feeling well As a dog- Dogs get real sick
Phonease
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation: fo-nease
Sentence: he called in with a severe case of the phonease
Etymology: a combination of phony+disease, and an additional play on words with "phone in"+"take it easy"
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)
Fakecation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fake-ca-shun
Sentence: Sara woke up feeling so good that she decided to take a couple fakecation days. Since she couldn't call in well, she faked being deathly ill. It was all working smoothly until she ran into her boss, who also felt too well to go to work, at the beach. "The doctor said I had to sit in the sun to cure my vitamin D deficiency," she lied. "Yeah, me too," said her boss. That was the end of the conversation and neither one of them ever mentioned it again.
Etymology: fake: false appearance; fraud + vacation: period of time devoted to pleasure, rest and relaxation
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-03-01: 13:46:00
cute - Nosila, 2010-03-01: 21:33:00
I think I'm going to add this word to my everyday vocabulary! - karenanne, 2010-03-02: 10:52:00
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Pretendinitis
Created by: cmseth
Pronunciation: Pretend-in-itis
Sentence: Larry was relieved to hear that his new clerk Todd had not caught a life-threatening parasite while staying an extra week at the beach, and happily checked the box labeled "Pretendinitis" on his pink slip.
Etymology: Pretend: to appear falsely -itus: an abnormal condition or tendency
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COMMENTS:
Warning: Pretendinitis, if allowed to continue, could result in an office-wide "fabridemic". - cmseth, 2007-11-02: 07:59:00
Great word -- 'fabridemic' too! - Tigger, 2007-11-06: 13:38:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and svnfsvn. Thank you remistram and svnfsvn! ~ James'
Thanks to everyone for joining me at our Blog Party yesterday to celebrate Verbotomy's first birthday. It was a lot of fun. Thanks! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James