Verboticism: Workhoarse
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.
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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.
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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Inconfectious
Created by: daniellegeorge
Pronunciation: In-con-feck-shus
Sentence: Mike is such an inconfectious worker. He's had that cough for 2 days and blames it on IT when people start dropping like flies.
Etymology: Inconsiderate; infectious
Employeebola
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: emp loii eee bow lah
Sentence: the employeebola flu from dest to desk, with germoronic zeal, passing documents and bodily fluids with an apostolic zeal.
Etymology: ebola employee
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COMMENTS:
terrific - sorry I didn't see this yeterday - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-08: 05:57:00
oops - yesterday - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-08: 05:57:00
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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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Workillholic
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wurk-il-haw-lik
Sentence: His skin is a pale green with an overlay of a purple rash. His hair is falling out and he can't keep any food in his stomach. What does Clyde, the workillholic say? "It's just a head cold, nothing to worry about."
Etymology: workaholic (a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits) + ill (of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick)
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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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)
Stafflococky
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /staf-luh-KOK-ee/ (like 'staphylococci')
Sentence: George really believed that the office couldn't function without him, so he came into work every day, even with a raging respiratory infection. He was so stafflococky that he infected everyone else in the office, and then he had to try to manage when they all called in sick. After several days of that, he threatened to resign because, he claimed, his co-workers were just a bunch of wimps. Also, he suspected that they were conspiring against him by using their sick days all at the same time, because they were jealous of his superior work ethic.
Etymology: Blend of: Staff (as in 'office staff') & Staphylococci - plural of staphylococcus, a variety of infectious bacteria (from Greek, staphyle "bunch of grapes" & modified Latin, coccus "spherical bacterium") & Cocky - overly self-assertive or arrogant (from Old English, cocc; nickname for "one who strutted like a cock")
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COMMENTS:
Great one! - pieceof314, 2008-05-07: 08:44:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-07: 11:38:00
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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