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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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Expediadotcon

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ex speedy yah dot kon

Sentence: Mary had a knack for getting additional vacation time every year. By faking dreadful symptoms and acting better than most Oscar winners, she was able to fool her boss into believing she was at death's doorstep and highly infectious. She definitely put the "con" in contagious. After she had set the stage, she flu off to exotic locales and enjoyed an expediadotcon vacation. One of these days, her boss would wise up and figure out that when Typhoid Mary came back from these illnesses, she had a tan. When that happened, she'd lose her job and she would only be able to afford to vacation in Puerto Backyardo!

Etymology: expedia.com(popular website for last minute cheaper vacations) & con (to deprive by deceit;hustle)

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COMMENTS:

love Peurto Backyardo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 10:59:00

metrohumanx :) ! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:29:00

Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:13:00

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Analglaucomais

Created by: Justpeachyy

Pronunciation: Anal glau coma iss

Sentence: Yeah.. that's what I said, my boss bought my analglaucomais so let's ride!

Etymology: I dont SEE my ASS coming into work today

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COMMENTS:

petaj Great etymology - petaj, 2007-11-03: 07:18:00

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Cellulietis

karenanne

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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Plaguegiarize

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: playg/jeea/rise

Sentence: Whenever Dan felt the urge to spend a lazy day relaxing on the beach he would plaguegiarize the current circulating virus and call in sick.

Etymology: plague + plagiarize

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Artificill

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: ar-tuh-fish-il

Sentence: She artificillated so many times that her co-workers sent her get well floral bouquets each week whether she made it in to work or not.

Etymology: artificial + ill

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Callitosis

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: kol/i/to/sis

Sentence: The weekend was just too short and the beach too perfect. Though it was the middle of October, the sun was hot, and the surf was up. Bianca decided there was no way she was going to drive back into the city. Instead, she planned on coming down with a really good case of callitosis. Not only was she going to take Monday off, but she planned to let her boss know this bout was so bad, she would not only be out until Thursday, BUT would most probably show up with a bad case of skin discoloration from the antibiotics the doctor had prescribed.

Etymology: call: The dreaded "calling in sick" phone call. osis: suffix-affected with, condition, abnormal process.

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Hahahaha... Thanks Kiddo. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:32:00

Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:14:00

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Deathillie

Created by: rexturtle

Pronunciation: deathil-LIE, or Death-IL-lie, or DEATH- illie : Comments please

Sentence: I told a deathillie to get off work today

Etymology: Crushing together of "deathly", "ill", and "lie".

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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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Mortalitemporary

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: môrtalətempərerē

Sentence: Jim’s condition was classified as mortalitempory. As he described it to his boss, he was near death but miraculously recovered once the work day was done.

Etymology: mortality (the state of being subject to death) + temporary (lasting for only a limited period of time)

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Fakebuttsikinging

Created by: emilylind

Pronunciation: Say fake the butt and then the letters si and king and ing .

Sentence: she was fakebuttsikinging !

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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