Verboticisms

Created by: Ellemorpheus

Pronunciation: Biz-ill-you-shon

Sentence: Bob had nothing to do but did not want his boss to give him more work, so he created busillusion.

Etymology: bus-business/busy illusion

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Created by: thinkbolt

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Created by: HubbMU

Pronunciation: toilet/training

Sentence: In order to avoid the gaze of his supervisor, Don decided to make time in his schedule for toiletraining.

Etymology: Toilet and training

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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: 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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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: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: fane/chor/ee/us

Sentence: Stu was so feignchorious that he had the entire office convinced he was seriously overworked when, in fact, the stack of files on his desk were filled with sudoku puzzles.

Etymology: feign (pretend) + chore + vainglorious

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: De-coy-rest

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Etymology: Decoy- To lure or entrap using an object to get the attention of a person or animal. Rest- Cessation of work, exertion, or activity.

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Decoy- To lure or entrap using an object to get the attention of a person or animal. Rest-Cessation of work, exertion, or activity. - abrakadeborah, 2011-04-08: 03:03:00

I did It again! ^ It's after 3am. Why am I even UP? :o) lol! - abrakadeborah, 2011-04-08: 03:07:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈslækəˌflɔʒ/

Sentence: The key to successful slackofflage is an untidy workspace; if your boss can identify each paper on your desk and window on your computer screen, then you've already lost.

Etymology: From "slack off" + "camouflage"

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COMMENTS:

nice. - playdohheart, 2007-05-01: 07:12:00

Thanks. - ErWenn, 2007-05-01: 09:20:00

Nice word, I tried going down the camouflage path but I couldn't come up with anything. Cheers! - Goldentongue, 2007-05-01: 10:14:00

Funny! - HubbMU, 2007-05-03: 12:52:00

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: slyte-ov-han-dee-man

Sentence: Watch Joe over there, his use of sleightofhandyman may make a manager think twice about giving him work, but he's been nailing that same nail for the past hour.

Etymology: Sleight of hand (trickery, deception) + handyman (a worker hired to do various jobs)

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