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DEFINITION: v. To create an illusion of busyness so that your co-workers, and most importantly your boss, never realize that you have absolutely nothing to do. n. A person who pretends to be very busy.

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Defartmentalize

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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Rushsemblance

Created by: catgrin

Pronunciation: ruhsh-sem-bluhns

Sentence: Jerry's definitely not my fastest worker, he never seems to hit quota, but the rushsemblance he maintains during the work week is that of a dedicated, single-minded drone.

Etymology: From "rush" (to hurry) and "semblance" (outward aspect or appearance)

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Nulldrudgery

Created by: Lifeforce

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The boss fell victim to my nulldrudgery.

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

I like this word, but it sounds more like the sort of work that you have to do despite the fact that it accomplishes nothing. - ErWenn, 2007-05-01: 22:03:00

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Taskmasker

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: task-mass-kur

Sentence: Phil was a professional taskmasker; I don't know how he was able to look busy all the time when everyone knew he had absolutely nothing to do.

Etymology: taskmaster, mask

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COMMENTS:

excellent! - toadstool57, 2007-05-01: 07:15:00

ohwtepph one LOL and one vote for you. - ohwtepph, 2007-05-01: 09:39:00

Nice word Artichokes! - Goldentongue, 2007-05-01: 10:11:00

great word purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-01: 10:38:00

Thanks! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-01: 12:41:00

Fantastic, as always. - Osomatic, 2007-05-01: 13:47:00

Hmmm - I wonder who you are referring to? - paperhoard, 2007-05-01: 14:58:00

Phil is an "imaginary" coworker. He excels at imagining himself working. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-01: 15:15:00

petaj Brilliant. - petaj, 2007-05-02: 05:40:00

That's awesome! - jedijawa, 2007-05-03: 13:27:00

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Conshymime

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KON-she-mahym

Sentence: Bob was the marcel-marceau of merchandising, going silently about his business, coshymimimg his every unproductive move assiduously.

Etymology: CONSHY(Conch): a hard worker, often with the connotation of one who "sucks-up" to the boss; from SE: conscientous) & MIME: the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, by gestures and bodily movements; to play or act out a part; imitate (familiar).

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Feigndustrious

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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Moccupy

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

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

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Scampress

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: skam-PRESS

Sentence: Jonathan had various ways to scampress his coworkers and supervisors by making it appear that he was not only hard at work but was performing above and beyond his experience level while actually being totally incompetent in his real job.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'scam' (a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation) and 'impress' (influence in opinion)

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Accounterinsurgent

CharlieB

Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: ack-ount-er-in-serge-ant

Sentence: Ted believed in subverting the system from within by doing as little as possible. He clicked between spreadsheets while gazing into middle distance. No one knew it, but he was proud to be an accounterinsurgent.

Etymology: Accounts (money, esp in business) + counter (a desk from behind which service is given) + counterinsurgency (combating guerrilla warfare)

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Fluffjob

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: fluff + job

Sentence: I can't possibly help you with your project, I'm busy already with my fluffjob.

Etymology: From the swedish "flufjobba."

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-01: 00:31:00
Today's definition was suggested by petaj.
Thank you petaj! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-01: 01:33:00
Congratulations to petaj for her win last week. We are offering a new Verbotomy Cup for the top player this week. And next week, we are doing theme on Cory Doctorow, and offering his newest book "Overclocked" as a prize to the top writer. See more about Cory at his blog www.craphound.com ~ James

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-17: 00:58:00
A word that NEEDS no introduction...