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DEFINITION: n. A momentary feeling of relief mixed with lingering dread, which occurs when your boss marches past the piles of unfinished work on your desk. v. To sigh with relief after your boss marches past your desk
Verboticisms
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Bigwigjig
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bigwigjig
Sentence: Mary’s bigwigjig was short-lived as the company ”suits” passed by her desk without so much as a glance. She got all the attention she could stand later when her supervisor passed along the corporate concerns over productivity.
Etymology: bigwig (an important person)+ jig (a lively dance with leaping movements)
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COMMENTS:
:-D - CharlieB, 2011-05-16: 06:47:00
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Shirkload
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: shirk+load
Sentence: Elijah realised the open plan office vortex of no to slow productivity had struck again and that there were actual dust particles on the shirkload piled up on his desk. The Henderson files on the top were supposed to have been completed an hour ago and on the bosses' desk by now - 'Oh look a paper clip on the floor!' - he dived and held his breath as his stomach churned - he could smell the halitosis...his boss was back from lunch...
Etymology: shirk - to avoid honest toil + load - a unit of honest toil [used as a noun and or a verb - a heavy shirkload or to be caught shirkloading]
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COMMENTS:
SHIRKLOAD- nice ring to it... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:42:00
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Fachsie
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: fuhk - sahy
Sentence: Anna let out a fachsie upon seeing that his boss was out to get not Anna, but her evil twin sister, Anne.
Etymology: fuck [interjection meaning surprise or dread] + sigh [relief]
Stressurerush
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: stresh/er/rush
Sentence: When the boss is on a rampage looking to yell and dump on someone and my desk is backlogged and piled high, I go into a stressurerush when he storms past.
Etymology: stress + pressure + rush
Circleshirk
Created by: kendriveset
Pronunciation: cir-cle-sherk
Sentence: Debbie liked to circleshirk whenever her supervisor, Bob, tried to micro-manage. Sometimes it even made the boring day at work kind of exciting, yet fearful.
Etymology: circle + shirk: to hide amidst the piles of work to avoid work/the boss.
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2010-01-05: 18:47:00
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Werkschmerz
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: work + shmerz
Sentence: I always get a sense of werkschmerz whenever the boss notices all the work I haven't been doing.
Etymology: From the German, n.: "I just can't take all this damned paperwork any more."
Bloss
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: blawss
Sentence: Julie felt a huge sense of bloss after her manager rounded the corner without spotting her behind the unfinished weekly Sales Reports.
Etymology: bliss + loss + bless
Loproductingle
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: lo-PROD-uct-EEN-gull
Sentence: Sensing an evil presence nearby, Casper threw a spreadsheet over his Minesweeper game just in time to see the Library Director sweep past like the grim fog from a defiled graveyard. Slowly, a LOPRODUCTINGLE spread over him as every cell in his database quivered like a child caught in a lie. "I hope you're working on those usage reports." Pat said with a pseudofriendly voice that belied the hateful look in her cold grey administrative eye. "OH YEAH !" He stammered, only to regret his lack of a more creative reply. Casper's eyes never wandered from the monitor until she floated wraith-like into her office. Relieved that the moment had passed, he began to relax, but the LOPRODUCTINGLE returned like the rising tide of fear he felt in his coffee-filled bladder. An out-of-body sensation stupefied his mind as he catalogued all the woes this encounter could bring to his pleasantly mundane life. He minimized the screen which mocked his defiance and resumed play in the minefield of academic employment...
Etymology: LOw+PRODUCTivity+tINGLE=LOPRODUCTINGLE low: relatively small BS output.... productivity: a measure of useful work....tingle: to feel a ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation
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COMMENTS:
The above incident is a product of fiction and bears no resemblance to any persons, living or undead. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:33:00
http://www.ifla.org/I/humour/humour.htm - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:34:00
Live it or live WITH it! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:35:00
WOW! Verbotomists get up pretty early ! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:44:00
Loproductingle...I thought it was a stroke (of genius!) - Nosila, 2008-08-04: 17:52:00
Some of us verbotimists go to bed late...depends on your time zone! - Nosila, 2008-08-04: 23:39:00
Sounds like a jingle! - Wordotwist, 2008-08-05: 10:56:00
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Deskapism
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: desk ape isum
Sentence: the euphoria of deskapism evaporated when the vp's number lit up his intercom.
Etymology: desk, escapism
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COMMENTS:
Darn it, it's just too good. - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 22:18:00
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Allayoffment
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/lay/off/ment
Sentence: A wave of allayoffment passed over him as he narrowly escaped being asked to produce last week's revenue figures.
Etymology: allayment (relief) + lay off (as in being fired)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by cohenarie. It is also inspired by Timothy Johnson's book "GUST" where he advises that the first thing you have to realize about office politics is that it's a game. Thank you Cohenarie and Timothy! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by cohenarie. Thank you cohenarie. ~ James