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DEFINITION: v. To be so hardworking and dedicated to your job that you come to work even when you're sick and dangerously infectious. n. A person who comes to work sneezing, coughing, contagious, and sick as a dog.
Verboticisms
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Infedicated
Created by: DankJemo
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COMMENTS:
like where this is going - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-07: 11:45:00
I'm guessing the etymology is something like: infected + dedicated. DankJemo, did you know you get more points for including the pronunciation, sentence and etymology? Plus, you may get more votes too. - Tigger, 2008-05-07: 22:10:00
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Coughyearner
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: cof fee urn ner
Sentence: Con Tagion worked as a germologist in a large jewellery store. His favourite song was Peggy Lee's "Fever"; his favourite movies were "Outbreak" and "The English Patient". Con loved to drink Bloody Mary's with Lyme juice and he loved the inspiration he got from tv medical dramas. He was also a coughyearner. He earned his living while he coughed and sneezed all over his customers and his co-workers, his work station...everywhere in the store. He came into work no matter how sick he was, because he needed the money to buy new Shingles for his home and he could not afford to miss his measle-y wages. But every time he came in ill, 3 others got sick and had to miss work. His co-workers were fed up with his communicability and his boss had taken to calling him Typhoid Larry. Con loved his job, because the time really flu by, but his computer really was virused and his infectious enthusiasm for his job was really,well,infectious. Daily, into the workplace, he brought in bacteria and some suspected fronteria, too! One day his boss decided that Con would never take time off work if he thought his workload would suffer, so in a rash decision, a lovely female quaranteen was hired to help him. His boss told him that he was sure Con would soon feel better because his new assistant, Penny Cillin, was bound to help!
Etymology: Cough( sudden expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis) & coffee (a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans) & urn (a large pot for making coffee or tea) & earner (someone who earn wages in return for their labor)
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COMMENTS:
great etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-07: 11:41:00
WHOA sentence! - daniellegeorge, 2008-05-08: 14:18:00
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Sycophanatic
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Sikko-fan-a-tik
Sentence: Even though Jack had the worst bout of flu he had ever had in his life, nothing was going to stand in his way when it came to going to work. His workmates were not impressed and told him he was being sycophanatic, spreading his germs around the office.
Etymology: Syc(sick, not well) Sychophant(creeping in a servile way) Phanatic(fanatic, to be obsessed with something,ie going to work)
Sneezebucket
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: sneez-BUHK-it
Sentence: SNEEZEBUCKET n A disgusting, self-centred co-worker who, when suffering from a contagious illness, refuses to leave the office and stay at home until better. Coughing, spluttering and sneezing, he suffers from the delusion that his work-ethic is much stronger than that of his colleagues, and that his importance to the organization is far greater than that of theirs also.
Etymology: Sneeze & bucket. If he's a sleazebucket to boot - look out!
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COMMENTS:
I'm sitting close to one right now - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-07: 11:49:00
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Ickgusting
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: ik-gust-ing
Sentence: Igor had a ickgusting way of sliming all over the office paperwork.
Etymology: ik- Something gross, a way of saying "ew". Gusting- taken in part of dis'gusting' - Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
Birohazard
Created by: tmcg5625
Pronunciation: by-row-haz-ard
Sentence: "The guy who sits next to me must have Ebola or something. He's oozing out of everywhere and he's still showing up every day! Sooner or later i'm gonna get whatever he's got. He's a total birohazard so i gotta resign dude."
Etymology: Biro- ball point pen. common office utensil Hazard- general threat to one's general well-being Biohazard- Biological iteration of aforementioned threat.
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COMMENTS:
Love your word, tmcg! - Nosila, 2008-05-07: 01:56:00
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Jobsicksess
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: job/sick/sess
Sentence: John is a workaholic determined to become CEO before he's forty. He comes to work no matter his illness. This lends to his rising star success, but to his co-workers, John's jobsicksess means they'll probably catch the swine flu, or other disease from him.
Etymology: job + sick + obsess; j + obsess = jobsess + sick = jobsicksess
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COMMENTS:
Sicksessful word! - Nosila, 2009-06-19: 13:03:00
good one - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:40:00
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Ailsperson
Created by: kirill
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'd like to help you, but all all of our representatives are busy, except that one, but he's more of an ailsperson than a salesperson today.
Etymology: Ailment, as in an illness or disorder, and salesperson.
Contagent
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kəntājənt
Sentence: Josh does snot believe in calling out sick. His current cold and dedication to selling homes have combined to make him a Real Estate contagent. His clients are not impressed with his infectious laugh.
Etymology: contagious (likely to transmit a disease by contact with other people) + agent (a person who acts on behalf of another)
Contagent
Created by: Ismelstar
Pronunciation: [kuhn-tey-juhnt]
Sentence: In the real estate business, there was only one man that made every client sick. Literally. Whether, rain or shine, herpes or measles, swine flu or walking pneumonia, Dan could always be relied on to show houses or man the phones as the hardest working contagent in the office.
Etymology: A mash-up of 'contagion', the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact and 'agent', a person or business authorized to act on another person or business's behalf, a substance that causes a reaction, or any microorganism capable of causing disease.
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COMMENTS:
great word! - Nosila, 2009-06-19: 13:07:00
terrific combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:39:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by daniellegeorge. Thank you daniellegeorge. ~ James
arrrteest - 2008-05-07: 07:44:00
These are some great words today -- I had a hard time choosing.
pieceof314 - 2008-05-07: 11:53:00
Can I have a few more votes for today? These words are great today!
Yes, it seems like we have a lot of phlegmbuoyant cohorkers and infedicated coughyearners here! ~ James
Israfaceneeme - 2018-07-08: 16:40:00
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