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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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Nukealitis

Created by: mmmagique

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Illployment

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: il-PLOI-ment

Sentence: By telling his boss that he was suffering from the barcoo rot, Bob created such a perfect illusion that he was granted immediate illployment on full pay for a month.

Etymology: ill: unwell, unfavorable; ploy: 1. trick, manoeuvre, 2. piece of business, task & ment: act. ... Illusion: blend of ill & illusion.

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glad everything went well with the cardio - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 12:34:00

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Liephoyd

libertybelle

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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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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Ailying

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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Breda

Created by: icefoxgothic

Pronunciation: bra(long a)-da

Sentence: I never get vacations so I had to breda to my boss.

Etymology: Break-To pause or stop and day-like monday

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Feveruse

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Created by: ahniwa

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Etymology: Fever + ruse.

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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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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)

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Illemanate

Created by: clarion

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Sentence: Yeah, he totally illemanated the situation, and now he's taking an extra week's paid vacation while I'm stuck at the office doing all his work!

Etymology: ill- sickness and emanate- to send forth

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Shamalady

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Created by: zxvasdf

Pronunciation: Shamal a dy

Sentence: Daisy called in a shamalady, along with a snapshot of her canine's rotted canines, causing her boss to remark to his assistant, "God knows I've had one of these. Bugger all to get out of, especially after the third time. Remind me never to visit Thailand again."

Etymology: Sham (a farce) & malady (ailment)

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great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 11:01:00

metrohumanx canine's canines....inspired. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:36:00

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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