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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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Repentafacebookaphobia
Created by: couv78
Pronunciation: Repent-ah-facebook-ah-phobia
Sentence: Evrytime Mr. H comes by my desk its a mad dash to shut down my internet explorer. I think I have repentafacebookaphobia...but it passes.
Etymology:
Phoverwhelmed
Created by: cafisher
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was phoverwhelmed as I recognized my boss's staccato heel taps coming down the hall. I cowered behind the stacks of paperwork and breathed a sigh of relief when I realized she was only going to the ladies room.
Etymology: phew! + overwhelmed
Demotional
Created by: Katisms1
Pronunciation: dee-MOE-shun-ull
Sentence: He became completely demotional as he realized the fruitless struggle to conquer the mountain of work on his desk was inevitably leading to an ugly fall down the corporate ladder.
Etymology: demotion + emotional
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 17:29:00
Very good! - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 17:30:00
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Sloozing
Created by: hatman003
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Good sloozing when the boss went past
Etymology:
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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Quotasigher
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: Quota - sigh - er
Sentence: Quotasighering leaves me feeling perplexed about my job security.
Etymology: Quota ( work load required ) + Sigh (murmur) + Cower ( dread )
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COMMENTS:
And no doubt the quota's higher. - petaj, 2007-06-12: 07:40:00
good eye. - guesser, 2007-06-18: 13:55:00
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Drebossstrelief
Created by: XLilDevilGirlX
Pronunciation: Dre/boss/st/relief
Sentence: omg i think i have drebossstrelief!
Etymology: if u take all the lil bits of drebssstrelief and split them up like i did in how 2 pronouse it then u get its meaning the stress,relief and dread that gets made by ur boss.
Slackenfreude
Created by: mweinfeld
Pronunciation: slack - en - frud
Sentence: Tom felt a perverse sense of slackenfreude at having missed his deadline yet again.
Etymology: slacken- to be lazy; and freude- joy
Bossighnova
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bôsīnōvə
Sentence: Tony*s boss dosen*t understand concepts like encouragement, pat on the back or motivation. He feels it is his job to root out the mistakes his workers make and correct them publicly and loudly. Whenever the boss passes by without stopping to chew on his ego, Tony does his own little internal happy dance, his bosssighnova.
Etymology: boss (a person in charge of a worker or organization) + sigh (emit a long, deep, audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or a similar feeling) + bossa nova (a dance like the samba, originating in Brazil)
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