Verboticisms

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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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: Pasicheio

Pronunciation: Sue-Doe-Eff-Or-Ties

Sentence: IN an effort to avoid assignments, Dave would pseudoeffortize in the hopes of being passed by

Etymology: Pseudo; Effort

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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: 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: zrotv

Pronunciation: fō-dŭk'shən

Sentence: no one was really doing anything productive, but when the boss came in we were all heavily engaged in fauduction, so no superiors were the wiser. (also, to fauduce, or fauducing)

Etymology: faux + production

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: man/aj/ing/de/flek/tor

Sentence: The managingdeflector in our firm had a job that no one could explain but he was paid a ton of money for walking around with his headset and blackberry

Etymology: managing director + deflect

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: merēgōround

Sentence: Mary loves to look busy. That*s the key. She likes to LOOK busy. She is a regular Marygoround. Round and round she goes getting nowhere. If she did any real work or took any initiative she could be criticized and that would upset her.

Etymology: Mary (a common first name) + merry-go-round (a revolving machine with model horses or other animals on which people ride for amusement)

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: exert/sham

Sentence: The illusion of working is an age old problem and is also known as walking the dog, a government job, or exertsham.

Etymology: exertion + sham

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COMMENTS:

as long as the dog walkers don't shampoop and scoop - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-01: 10:36:00

i need someone to walk my shampoodle - rikboyee, 2007-05-01: 18:10:00

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Created by: petersn1

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