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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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Fleasong
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Be at the beach in ten minutes honey,my boss bought the old fleasong.
Etymology:
Sindrome
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sinnn droh mmmm
Sentence: father murphy regretted his sindrome when he met the bishop in the bookmakers office
Etymology: syndrome, sin
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COMMENTS:
sinsational - Nosila, 2010-03-01: 21:36:00
He gets no sinpathy from me! - karenanne, 2010-03-02: 10:48:00
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Illemanate
Created by: clarion
Pronunciation:
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
Psychosicko
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Sy-koe-sick-koe
Sentence: Shane had a problem with always being a psychosicko and going overboard to his boss in order to get more time off.
Etymology: Psycho-Slang for a person that's crazy. Sicko-Slang for a person that is constantly sick.
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)
Infakesion
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: in-FAKE-shun
Sentence: Judy's infakesion was contageous. She had invited Mark, Harriet, and Gary to go to the game that afternoon since she had won four tickets to the game. "It is a bug that's been going around," they all said.
Etymology: Who hasn't had a fake infection from time to time?
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 15:20:00
Reminds me of the good one Oz expression, "to chuck a sickie." - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-04: 16:24:00
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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:
Hahahaha... Thanks Kiddo. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:32:00
Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:14:00
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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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COMMENTS:
glad everything went well with the cardio - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 12:34:00
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Comments:
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James