Verboticisms

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: sub/ter/frij

Sentence: With careful subterfridge, Jill was able to disappear beside the fridge and take an uninterupted coffee break

Etymology: subterfuge (trick used to escape) + fridge

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COMMENTS:

Very good porsche! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-30: 11:17:00

thanks very much purpleartichokes - porsche, 2007-03-30: 12:13:00

Shrewd. Beats everything remotely ninja-related. Except possibly heroes in a half-shell. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-30: 12:58:00

That's an unenticing environment under the fridge. Hope that's only coffee grounds in Jill's mug. - petaj, 2007-04-01: 02:36:00

Excellent! - pinwheel, 2007-04-01: 07:57:00

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Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: coff-ee-prowl

Sentence: Jennifer was skilled at the coffeeprowl and could make it to the breakroom without encountering any of her mooching co-workers.

Etymology: prowl (sneak) + coffee (as in to get some)

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Created by: Rutilus

Pronunciation: cup-oh-flaj

Sentence: Linda carefully placed her cup in the box, the one she kept her 'tissues' in and headed in the direction of the ladies. She diverted to the stairwell to the next floor, walked back across, and down again straight into the kitchen. Tea made, she carefully crept back up the stairs, back across to the other side and down again, to make it look like she'd been to the loo. Once she was back at her desk she carefully took the mug of tea out of the box and enjoyed the moment. She had become quite adept in the execution of cuppouflage; she wasn't going to hang around making brews for all and sundy that's for sure.

Etymology: Cuppa - cup of tea/coffee; Camouflage - the art of concealment

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COMMENTS:

great plan - I'll have to try it sometime - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-13: 10:38:00

Another good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-15: 20:09:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: sea-crete

Sentence: Fiona wasn't mean. It's just that with ten colleagues all wanting no sugar, just black, not too strong, special hand-sewn tea bag brewed for the time it takes the earth to rotate one inch.... she'd never get any work done. So she resorted to a carfty bit of midday secreation.

Etymology: secrete (to hide) + eat (to cosume; to chew and swallow food) + secret (something kept hidden or concealed)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: sur-kuhm-kaf-uh-neyt

Sentence: With the silence of a whisper and the stealth of a wisp of smoke, Kathy can circumceaffinate her way in and out of the break room with nary a "me too" from officemates.

Etymology: circumnavigate (go around) + caffeinate (containing caffeine)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: GO - first - whyl

Sentence: Once the office errand girl and flunky at large, Miranda had found a way to surreptitiously avoid those tasks she'd become expected to run, and had become a goferstwhile extraordinaire.

Etymology: blend of gofer (errand boy/girl) and erstwhile (formerly)

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COMMENTS:

neat blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-13: 10:34:00

Lovely word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-15: 20:09:00

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Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: ninjarefill

Sentence: I ninjarefilled my vodka-o without anybooty noticing it. (it = 1.nobody noticed i refilled 2.nobody noticed that there is vodka in my orange-juice).

Etymology: ninja + refill. the art of refilling your drink - unseen like a ninja.

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Mis-em-iz-pos-ibel

Sentence: Sue had to come up with a great missemispossible if she wanted to get herself a coffee without anyone spotting her and placing various orders as if she were the office waitress not a secretary.

Etymology: Missem(miss them) -Mission)An important assignment) + Possible(Capaple of happening or being achieved) Origin Latin possibilis from posse 'be able' = Missemispossible - opposite of Mission impossible.

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COMMENTS:

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-13: 10:41:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: go/fah/coff/ee

Sentence: 'Time to gofahcoffy' she said to herself. This was one of the few times this week she would try to invisibly gumshoe her way to the staff room to enjoy a cup of tea by herself and wallow in the solitude and calmness of the vacated kitchen. Goinfahcoffy was a huge challenge and risk, but if she got by her twenty-two co-workers, the tea and the time alone would help her overcome her protaskination and comtemplate the highly emotional marrage she encountered earlier in the week.

Etymology: go + for + coffee-Related to the ancient and timely Canadian art of sneaking off from work to be on your own, known as 'goingfahcoffy', or 'Tim'sing it up'. Also referenced in respect to unsolicited and irrelevant comments, such as a protoclash.

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COMMENTS:

I often feel like telling my co-workers to gofahcoffy - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-30: 09:25:00

ha ha - just got it - I'll definitely use this one - porsche, 2007-03-30: 11:04:00

Lovin' the pun. Reckon it isn't a strictly Canadian practice. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-30: 12:56:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: nin ja tate

Sentence: Doreen was getting really good at getting in and out of the office kitchen with nothing but her own coffee and donut. It took a bit of practice, but she finally became very good at ninjatating to the kitchen and back before anyone noticed she was gone.

Etymology: Ninja-silent killers/attackers gravitate-slowly getting to said destination

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