Verboticism: Cohorker
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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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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Phlegmbuoyant
Created by: gilgrist
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COMMENTS:
Gad...floating snot. lol Good word. - Mustang, 2008-05-07: 06:39:00
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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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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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Fluvian
Created by: didsbury
Pronunciation: floo-vi-ann
Sentence: Jake is such a fluvian. He is literally coughing his lungs up at his desk and its making me nauseous.
Etymology: Derivative of influenza and the Greek 'vianoscous' which has several meanings, the most appropriate of which in this context is, the feeling you are left with when you receive an unwanted gift.
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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Illdustrious
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: ill-dus-tree-us
Sentence: Phil was a snotbucket that overfloweth. Still, he came to work and was an illdustrious little bee that paid no attention to whom he sneezed on or on what he wiped his moist and slimy hands.
Etymology: ill, sick + industrious, hard-working
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)
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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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.
