Verboticisms

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: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: ley - bohrj

Sentence: It is often portrayed in television that CEOs are good at laborge-- that is making it seem like they are really working. Donald Trump has nothing to say on this.

Etymology: labor + forge (to imitate fraudulently)

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COMMENTS:

Strangely enough, forge also means, "To advance gradually but steadily", which why laborgery... Oops! Here comes my boss - wordmeister, 2007-05-01: 09:11:00

Oh, trivial! - ohwtepph, 2007-05-01: 09:41:00

Laborgery is fergery! (Since no one has gone down the "erg" path yet.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-01: 13:22:00

Ah yes, how about some ergonotics. Hadn't considered that idea. - petaj, 2007-05-02: 05:38:00

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: stra-TEE-juh-ree

Sentence: the president believes we should use strategery with this delicate situation.

Etymology: it's from an SNL skit of a debate between gore and bush... this was an SNL bushism. after all, isn't the definition of this word all the president really ever does anyway???

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COMMENTS:

by the way, who'se noticed the growing amount and variation of colors in these sketches??? - Javeson1, 2007-05-01: 20:42:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mok u pye

Sentence: Jason could mockupy his entire 8 hour work day doing nothing. He applied stealth and cunning to avoid the boss, new assignments or answering phones. He was seldom at his desk and no one could exactly pinpoint how he filled his day. This actually was no surprise to his boss, as he was also Jason's father and Jason used the same tactics at home.

Etymology: Mock (constituting a copy or imitation of something) & Occupy (keep busy with)

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Created by: petersn1

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: LAY - bor - fain

Sentence: Elliot was an absolute master of laborfeign and had his boss and almost all of his office mates convinced he was struggling to achieve results while in reality he was accomplishing nothing, nor even putting forth any real effort.

Etymology: Blend of 'labor' (work), and 'feign' (to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of)

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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: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Chor-sham-in-vent-shun

Sentence: Charles had perfected the art of the Choreshaminvention, whereby he would spend all day at his desk looking so busy when he was actually doing nothing at all. His co-workers began to wonder how he managed to cope with the workload. In fact he was so good at it that he was thinking about writing a book and perhaps even a film script about his talent

Etymology: Chore(a routine or tedious task) ORIGIN Variant of obsolete Char or Chare + Sham (Pretence, bogus, false) ORIGIN Northern English dialect variant of SHAME. + Invention (Something invented, a false story) = Choreshaminvention

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COMMENTS:

a film and a book?? way too much work - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-17: 14:07:00

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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: 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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