Verboticisms

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: 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

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

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Created by: looseball

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Sentence: Be at the beach in ten minutes honey,my boss bought the old fleasong.

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Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: Hep-a-LIE-tis

Sentence: JIm's not here yet, I wonder if he's got hepalietis?

Etymology: Hepatitis + LIE

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Soo-doe-medda-vay-cay-shun

Sentence: Harvey felt smug after running a con job on his boss and winning a three day psuedomedivacation.

Etymology: Psuedo (false)- medical - vacation

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

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Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Fohh-morr-TIE-tuhss

Sentence: Stanley smiled as his employee benefits rep tried to read his doctor's chicken scratch medical assessment, which was once again nothing more than a serious bout of Fauxmortitis that was easily taken care of with a prescribed round of golf in a neighboring county.

Etymology: Faux: fancy French word for "fake" + Mortis: fancy medical word for death + Itis: not-so-fancy suffix to imply a rampant breakout of whatever comes before it.

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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

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Created by: wordslikevenom

Pronunciation: B'you-fon-ik

Sentence: Phoebe's "sickies" had her down for just about every known, not so well known and outright fictitious illness and disease known to mankind. Playing the buphonic patient had become second nature to her at the start of the working week where she'd always manage to find a "cure" by the weekend. As Monday rolled around too soon, she was about to let her boss know that after calling out the doctor this morning she had been diagnosed with a rather nasty case of toe-stub and needed to rest until Friday evening.

Etymology: Bubonic plague: A rather nasty outbreak of spots. Actually, they seem to look more like boils that cover the whole body and eventually turn you to mush. Phony: not sincere or not real.

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Created by: LisaBorden

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Sentence: Healthwashing is a term used to describe the activities of companies and groups that position themselves as leaders in the crusade forward to good health while engaging in practices that may be contributing to our poor health, collectively and as a society.

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