Verboticisms

Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: sub-turf-eed-ing

Sentence: Dickenson said she went to get toner, but she was really SUBTERFEEDING. I could tell by the powdered sugar on her blouse that she'd been SUBTERFEEDING again.

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COMMENTS:

How can I retract my word? Can I submit a second word? I just came up with a better one: SHUNRUN ! Shorter and more all-encompassing. - metrohumanx, 2008-06-15: 11:45:00

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: caw/fee/run/arownd

Sentence: She was famous for her coffeerunaround - everyone thought she was making coffee for other people

Etymology: coffee run + runaround (avoidance)

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ghost-way-tur

Sentence: Bob was a consummate ghostwaiter, able to slink by coworkers unnoticed, while I was the office hostess, always seen returning from the kitchen area with at least 3 cups of coffee and 2 vending machine items.

Etymology: a spin on ghost writer

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Created by: LittleLula

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Every morning at 10:15, Cathy makes a beeline for the breakroom, respiting her colleagues before they can make any requests.

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: NEHS-tee-oh-nahzh

Sentence: She returned to her desk with her cup of tea having been completely unnoticed, her Nesteaonage mission complete.

Etymology: Nestea + epsionage

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Created by: Chrysti

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Created by: mikeysfbay

Pronunciation: MEE-ty-ming

Sentence: I've become a master of metiming. Just this morning, I was at the deli during a staff meeting.

Etymology: Anyone of the "Me" generation knows all about "Me time".

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: tee/toe

Sentence: 'Time to teatoe' Jenny 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. Teatoeing 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 contemplate the highly emotional connuboil she encountered earlier in the week.

Etymology: TEATOE - verb - from TEA + TIPTOE (to move, or go with caution, or stealth)

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COMMENTS:

Nice one! - DiPpO, 2008-06-13: 08:48:00

great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-13: 10:33:00

terrific word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-15: 20:11:00

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Created by: Loreshai

Pronunciation: st-ellth-fish

Sentence: It was stealthfish of Jane to disppear and get her own beverage when it was her time to make the group drinks.

Etymology: stealth - the art of remaining undetected + selfish - thinking only of oneself.

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˈpæntɹiˌɹeɪd/

Sentence: My pantryraid was successful in that nobody asked me to get them anything, but I did have to answer some uncomfortable questions by the janitor about hiding in the refrigerator.

Etymology: just like "panty raid," but with an "r"

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COMMENTS:

Lame, I know. But someone else already stole "ninjava" - ErWenn, 2007-03-30: 08:39:00

Stole! that sounds like nitlynch talk to me! - Alchemist, 2007-03-30: 09:41:00

Ha! Well played, Al. Using my own words against me...or perhaps you are merely slipping into an accentfugue? - ErWenn, 2007-03-30: 17:01:00

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