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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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Deadicated
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ded ick ay ted
Sentence: He was so deadicated he to emptying ths in-tray, that he managed to clear out the entire department as well
Etymology: dedicated, dead
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COMMENTS:
With enough deadication you can continue to work after you die. Sort of a coasting effect. - artr, 2010-07-08: 11:57:00
Deadicated...that's why they call computers "terminals"! - Nosila, 2010-07-09: 00:35:00
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Cohorker
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: co/hork/ur
Sentence: Spu Tum was a stalwart cohorker who never missed a day and left his mark on any work or worker he touched.
Etymology: co-worker + hork (as in hork up phlegm)
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COMMENTS:
I've worked with him...good word! - Nosila, 2009-06-19: 13:05:00
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Colleaugie
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: kŏl'ŏŏg'ē
Sentence: Barton was nothing but a colleaugie; he sneezed as he entered Martina's cubicle, and his hand was too late to block the greenish projectile that splattered onto the far partition.
Etymology: Colleague who produces (or "horks") loogies.
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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Workhoarse
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: werk - hors
Sentence: Jeremy was a real workhoarse. He often came to work hacking, coughing, sneezing and hoarse to the point that he could not talk. He thought he was earning "brownie points" with the boss but in reality, everyone was upset with him because he was contagious.
Etymology: work, hoarse, workhorse
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COMMENTS:
Hoarseterical word! - Nosila, 2009-06-19: 13:04:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:42:00
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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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Jobsicksess
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: job/sick/sess
Sentence: John comes to work no matter his illness. To his co-workers, John's jobsicksess means they'll probably catch some contagious cold, or disease from him.
Etymology: job + sick + obsess; j + obsess = jobsess + sick = jobsicksess
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COMMENTS:
not to mention job success - petaj, 2008-05-08: 05:33:00
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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"
Dupopar
Created by: tyler775
Pronunciation: /doo* poe * par/
Sentence: Joe is such a dupopar; he comes to work even when he's sick with the flu.
Etymology: *du fom dur- Greek prefix for hard *poe from poie - Greek prefix for to make * par from part - French prefix for leave
Staphstaff
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stafstaf
Sentence: Betty works in an office where they are very careful to categorize workers into specific workgroups. Nobody is supposed to or allowed do work that isn't in their job description. Betty has her own categories for people who insist on coming to work despite being ill. The biggest group is the flucrew. The bunch she works hardest to avoid is the staphstaff.
Etymology: staph (a bacterium of a genus that includes many pathogenic kinds that cause pus formation, esp. in the skin and mucous membranes) + staff (all the people employed by a particular organization)
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COMMENTS:
very creative - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:41:00
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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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