Verboticisms

Created by: mercurious2001

Pronunciation: worl/il/lude

Sentence: I spent all day trying to workillude so that my boss stays happy.

Etymology: work and illusion

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Created by: Kenge92

Pronunciation: Buh-Loo-Shun

Sentence: Kathy was standing in the puddle, giving the bullusion that she could walk on water.

Etymology: Bull- Load of Bull: Piece of crap -llusion from Illusion: Giving an appearcance that's false.

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: dee/fart/men/tul/ize

Sentence: Josh was able to convince everyone in the office that he was on top of several projects at once. He had the ability to defartmentalize any project thrown his way. Yes, he had gotten so good at allocating everything to others on the sly, that he considered himself the Head of the Customer Service Defartment.

Etymology: Root word: Departmentalize: To organize something into departments. Phrase: fart around: To waste time.

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COMMENTS:

I think my boss is the defartment head. What should I do? - reverb, 2008-07-19: 06:42:00

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Created by: AnnieChandon

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: mock-you-pie

Sentence: spending the whole day moccupying my time is quite draining....but i guess its just a moccupational hazard...maybe i should talk to my mocc, health and safety officer...if they're not to moccupied themselves

Etymology: mock, occupy

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COMMENTS:

Clever! - wordmeister, 2007-05-01: 09:03:00

I think so too. - petaj, 2007-05-02: 05:48:00

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: No-Moe-shun

Sentence: Able was in the midst of knoemotion all hours of the day. He would constantly ask, "is there anything I can help you with?" When I knew I could finish the project quicker than I could explain what he already knew needed to be done.

Etymology: Know - A play on the word know and no. Motion - Movement.

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: graft doj ing

Sentence: he was a devout graftdodger who had at least three sabbaths a week

Etymology: draft dodger, hard graft

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COMMENTS:

Good word. Dunno why nobody else has voted for it yet. - ErWenn, 2007-05-01: 22:06:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: biz-ee-fayk

Sentence: Weldon's favorite time killer was playing sudoku, as he busifaked the day away.

Etymology: busy + fake

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Created by: Berlioze

Pronunciation: FAKE-yoo-pied

Sentence: Bill passed by Bob's desk to ask him for assistance, only to find Bob sitting at his desk, scrutinizing the pile of papers before him. Bill continued on, not wanting to bother the obvioulsy occupied Bob. Little did Bill know that Bob was not occupied but fakupied.

Etymology: Combination of "fake" (anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit) and "occupied" (having one's attention or mind or energy engaged).

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COMMENTS:

good job! - reverb, 2008-07-19: 06:36:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: fayn - dus - tree - us

Sentence: On his good days Harold was feigndustrious as he at least pretended to be busy for most of the day. On his bad days, he sat at his desk and played solitaire with a deck of cards but no one seemed to notice but me.

Etymology: fein, industrious

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COMMENTS:

good one - Nosila, 2009-11-17: 17:48:00

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