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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
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Relagony
Created by: Wordotwist
Pronunciation: Rel agony
Sentence: Unemployed for the last three months,Mariam was left in a state of relagony when the power company accepted her application for a job - but told her that the appointment letter would be issued in a month or two.
Etymology: A combination of the words relief ,lagging and agony.In the sense of relief followed by lingering agony
Slackawin
Created by: unreal5
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Totally slackawinned my boss. He never knew a thing!
Etymology:
Avoideliefear
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: a-void-e-lea-fear
Sentence: At the sound of the thundering footsteps, a sudden feeling of avoideliefear has overwhelmed my pretty blonde head.
Etymology: avoid - the boss relief - he doesn't know it's you fear - that he will find out
Disamiss
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Dis-ah-mis
Sentence: I couldn't help but feel disamiss when my boss flew past my stack of unfinished applications with his head in a cheeseburger.
Etymology: Dismiss (to be fired from ones job) + amiss (faulty or wrong; as in not doing ones paperwork)
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
Hierarchothrill
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: HI rar ko THRILL
Sentence: Hierarchothrill was the order of the day, though their anarcho-ad-hoc often lacked the resources to entice anybody to fight for control. It would be a long time until another visionary of Jilo's calibur took hold of the reigns.
Etymology: Heirarcy + Thrill
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COMMENTS:
They would know when another such visionary came along. Whosoever pulls this letter opener from this paper weight will be the one true king of the office -- the modern equivalent of excalibur. - petaj, 2007-06-11: 04:40:00
great sounding word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-11: 13:08:00
that would be an impressive feat indeed! most exalted would his triumphant rise be! and thanks, jabber. - jadenguy, 2007-06-11: 15:22:00
all hail the new king of human resources - HRthur and his good friend Outsourcealot - rikboyee, 2007-06-11: 20:20:00
It's good to know that shiftalry is not dead, but it's good riddance to Middieval Managers. - petaj, 2007-06-12: 07:46:00
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Underachiefment
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: underachievement - just replace the v with a f
Sentence: Memo To: All Staff From: The chief On Thursday at 9.00am all staff whose in-tray is more than 20cm high, are required to attend a training course. "7 skills to put underachiefment behind you". Eligible staff who do not attend will be fired. This is your last chance. Have a nice day.
Etymology: under + a + chief + moment & underachievement
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COMMENTS:
i was wondering what under a chief meant! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-11: 05:49:00
Good word! - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 17:27:00
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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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Demployment
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: dem-ploy-ment
Sentence: Neil's fixed stare at his computer screen had fooled his boss once again. He chuckled under his breath at this successful demployment strategy.
Etymology: employment (work, occupation) + deployment (to act strategically, particularly in battle)
Exectrication
Created by: sanssouci
Pronunciation: Eg Sec Trick Aysion
Sentence: "I experienced a moment of pure exectrication as my boss walked past my desk without noticing the serious lack of work I had done all day, I really must conceal the piles of overflowing documents that need filing just in case I get busted."
Etymology: Exec, The boss. Extrication, To free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation.
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