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'Yes Boss, I am sick as a dog'

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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Chacachacbambam

Created by: bobbythebuilder

Pronunciation: chaca-chac-bam-bam

Sentence: chacachacbambam is the best band ever.

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Inventedluenza

thegoatisbad

Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: in-vent-ed-lou-enz-ah

Sentence: Kimberly suspected her co-worker had come down with a case of inventedluenza when she saw her coworker had updated her facebook status several times about shopping and going out on the town, which was strange since they lived in a village.

Etymology: invented (to make up or fabricate) + influenza (common disease)

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Dufforge

Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: duf•fôrj

Sentence: It was going to be the first nice day in weeks; Dean decided to dufforge the day, by calling in sick, so he could play a round of golf.

Etymology: Duffer: Scots dial; Duffer, a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf. + Forge: Latin; fabrica, To make a falsification.

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Psuedoviraltruancy

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: syoo-do-vi-ral-troo-en-see

Sentence: Once or twice a year Doug would call up his boss and scare the living daylights out of him with some story of a super infectious virus. This was in order to get a day off for hiking in the mountains when a good head-clearing was called for. On the whole, though, he was a very conscientious member of the workforce so the only thing one could really accuse him of was a little psuedoviraltruancy.

Etymology: psuedo + viral + truancy

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Feveruse

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Created by: ahniwa

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Etymology: Fever + ruse.

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Kanghelostiphi

Created by: Sam123

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Contagialize

Created by: taggreen

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Sentence: No, we're cool, I contagialized my boss and she made me take the day off.

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Virallusion

Created by: rexcausey

Pronunciation: vi-rawl-loo-zhuh-n

Sentence: Robbie cleverly came up with a virallusion when he found out his favorite pro baseball team made it to the World Series.

Etymology: Virallusion is noun derived from the words 1.) virus(Any of various extremely small, often disease-causing agents) and 2.) illusion(something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality)

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COMMENTS:

good word - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:02:00

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Contrafalsphlegma

Created by: NeuroGlyph

Pronunciation: Con-trah-falz-fleg-muh

Sentence: Contrafalsphlegma cannot be created nor destroyed...so...if a patient who insists they have it, they should ought to have a brain scan.

Etymology: CONTRA ~ against/opposite FALS ~ deceive PHLEGMA ~ inflammation

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Uhhuhwoof

Created by: pictionairhead

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Sentence: i got the - -

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-02: 01:55:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and svnfsvn. Thank you remistram and svnfsvn! ~ James'

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-11-02: 12:29:00
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

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-03-01: 00:08:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James