Verboticism: Dupopar
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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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)
Achoorneyman
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: a choor nee man
Sentence: Rex Hale was a skilled carpenter. When he was on a project, nothing kept him from working, not even illness. His co-workers hated the fact that he was more achoorneyman than journeyman on those occasions.
Etymology: Achoo (sneeze noise) & Journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)
Typephoidmary
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: tipe/foyd/mary
Sentence: Typephoidmary is the office manager and spreads her germs to every corner of the office.
Etymology: Typhoid Mary + type
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COMMENTS:
Very clever. - Tigger, 2008-05-07: 22:15:00
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Eagersneezer
Created by: TimTheEnchanter
Pronunciation: EE-gur-snee-zur
Sentence: Chad walked around the conference room introducing himself, alternately sneezing into his hand then offering to shake the hands of the guests. As the client backed away from Chad, everyone else knew the company was going to lose yet another account because Chad insisted on being such an eagersneezer who showed up no matter how contagious he might be.
Etymology: Eager beaver + Sneeze
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COMMENTS:
funny sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-07: 15:44:00
Beware, the Killer Rabbit! - pieceof314, 2008-05-08: 14:09:00
Enchanting - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-08: 19:41:00
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Phlegmbuoyant
Created by: gilgrist
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
Gad...floating snot. lol Good word. - Mustang, 2008-05-07: 06:39:00
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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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Occutagious
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: äkyəpājəs
Sentence: His dedication to his job means Phil will show up for work even when he is occupagious.
Etymology: occupation (a job or profession) + contagious (likely to transmit a disease)
Employmalady
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: employ+malady
Sentence: His frequent coughing and sneezing qualified as an employmalady, which is strictly forbidden by company policy.
Etymology: employ+malady
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.
