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DEFINITION: v. To expire, pass away or kick the bucket while at the office; often occurs when someone is overworked, underpaid, and desperately trying to hang on for a full pension. n. A person who has been suddenly, and permanently, terminated while a work.
Verboticisms
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Deskeased
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: desk eeeeee st
Sentence: They had to break the deskeaced's legs to get him out of the chair. Seems he had died six months previously but the a/c was so cold it froze his ass to the chair.
Etymology: deceased
Employcroakment
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: emm-ploy-croke-ment
Sentence: Troy knew that employcroakment was in his future, so he made sure that he always wore clean underwear to work.
Etymology: employment + croak
Myocardialinfraction
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: my-oh-card-yal-in-FRACK-shun
Sentence: Montgomery committed the ultimate myocardialinfraction by having a fatal heart attack mere weeks before he was to have gained eligibility for a comfortable retirement package.
Etymology: Blend of 'myocardial' (relating to the tissue of the heart) and 'infraction' (breach; violation; infringement) -- a word play on the medical term myocardial infarction
Employeeofthemorgue
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: m-ploy-ee-uf-the-morg
Sentence: Turns out that Wayne was a real employeeofthemorgue (also known as deadondesk syndrome)he was so dedicated to finsihing his sales reports that he ignored the obvious stroke he was having and died in his cubicle on Friday afternoon and wasn't found until Moday morning.
Etymology: employee of the month - a honor that goes to hardworking, dedicated employees + morgue - a holding area for the recently deceased.
Oreyepeefortyfive
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: orr eye peee for tee fye v
Sentence: Gecko smiled as the oreyepeefortyfive was carried past his office. Another saving for the pension fund
Etymology: R.I P. P.45
Ripfortyfive
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: or eye pee for tee fyve
Sentence: his acceptance of his ripfortyfive save the company a fortune on a pension
Etymology: RIP P45
Expirouette
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ex/peer/oo/et
Sentence: The aging ballerina was determined to dance until her dying day and thus it was very appropriate that her swan song came as an expirouette while teaching a group of young dancers how to spin.
Etymology: expire + pirouette
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COMMENTS:
does that make her an expirimaballerina? good concept - galwaywegian, 2009-03-30: 07:08:00
My! My! How incredibly well you turn a phrase! Amazing how you can take an appalling situation and create such an appealing word! Maybe because it was such a graceful exit. Outstanding! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-30: 11:17:00
Expirouette played around in my mind all day ... along with the line of that great 60's song "To everything there is a season, Turn. Turn. Turn" - silveryaspen, 2009-03-30: 19:08:00
(From Eclesiastes...) With a time to dance and a time to die, Silvery! - readerwriter, 2009-03-30: 19:12:00
Yes, readerwriter the song is based on that Biblical verse! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-30: 19:17:00
TuTu much, JW! And if she fell on the stage she'd be a ballet slipper! - Nosila, 2009-03-30: 22:10:00
This must be where the term "corpse de ballet" originated! - Nosila, 2009-03-30: 22:20:00
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Exexecutive
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eks eks ek yew tiv
Sentence: John went from clerk to supervisor to senior supervisor to junior executive, to senior executive to exexecutive in four years two months, a record in the department. Nobody knew hie surname.
Etymology: executive, ex
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COMMENTS:
work will kill you - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-30: 12:47:00
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Mortifired
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: mohr-tih-fie-errd
Sentence: Chipper had been mortifired, but left smiling. After a life-time of entry-level service to the company, Chipper was at long last over everyone. Now, floating above the computers, the waste paper baskets, the file cabinets, he was having his very own out-of-body experience. If he could have spoken, he would have told young Audrey and Adam, over there by the water cooler that he cheerfully bequeathed them the contents of his desk.
Etymology: A play on MORTIFIED (from MORT, the French for death) meaning to be humiliated + FIRED, meaning to be let go from a job, dismissed
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COMMENTS:
really liked this word - mweinmann, 2009-03-30: 16:34:00
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Myocardialinfraction
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: my-oh-card-yal-in-FRACK-shun
Sentence: Elwood committed the ultimate myocardialinfraction by having a fatal heart attack mere weeks before he was to have gained eligibility for a comfortable retirement package.
Etymology: Blend of 'myocardial' (relating to the tissue of the heart) and 'infraction' (breach; violation; infringement) -- a word play on the medical term myocardial infarction.
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-30: 12:51:00
I wonder if they docked his last paycheck for this "infraction" - mweinmann, 2009-03-30: 16:37:00
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Comments:
silveryaspen - 2009-03-30: 02:06:00
Song of the Day: "Take this Job and Shove It" ... or should that be shovel it?!!!
Shovel it, about six feet under ~ James