Verboticism: Deskeased
DEFINITION: v. To expire, pass away or kick the bucket while at the office; often occurs when someone is overworked, underpaid, and desperately trying to hang on for a full pension. n. A person who has been suddenly, and permanently, terminated while a work.
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Exitploitation
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: ex it ploy tay shun
Sentence: Poor Bob, as it actually turned out, had accepted the clerk's position as a deadendtry level job. For most of his life, he desklaboured in the sweaty, dimly-lit office for long hours, short pay, with dreams of his retirement. His exitploitation came with a stroke after realizing he'd wasted pension savings on shares in the flailing company.
Etymology: From exploitation (disuse a huge portion of the populus to increase the wealth of few) and exit (leave, or in this case, die).
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COMMENTS:
So true and sad that it happens more than it should. Exitploitation's meaning is so readily apparent and has a powerful impact immediately. Greate Creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-30: 19:25:00
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Ripfortyfive
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: or eye pee for tee fyve
Sentence: his acceptance of his ripfortyfive save the company a fortune on a pension
Etymology: RIP P45
Employeeofthemorgue
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: m-ploy-ee-uf-the-morg
Sentence: Turns out that Wayne was a real employeeofthemorgue (also known as deadondesk syndrome)he was so dedicated to finsihing his sales reports that he ignored the obvious stroke he was having and died in his cubicle on Friday afternoon and wasn't found until Moday morning.
Etymology: employee of the month - a honor that goes to hardworking, dedicated employees + morgue - a holding area for the recently deceased.
Deskeased
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: desk eeeeee st
Sentence: They had to break the deskeaced's legs to get him out of the chair. Seems he had died six months previously but the a/c was so cold it froze his ass to the chair.
Etymology: deceased
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Exexecutive
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eks eks ek yew tiv
Sentence: John went from clerk to supervisor to senior supervisor to junior executive, to senior executive to exexecutive in four years two months, a record in the department. Nobody knew hie surname.
Etymology: executive, ex
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COMMENTS:
work will kill you - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-30: 12:47:00
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Tombinate
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: toom in ayt
Sentence: Overworked and stressed, Bob finally had enough one day and collapsed at his desk. The EMT's were unable to save him, so he expired while on the clock. Bob had worked at the company for over 30 years until he decided to tombinate his employment. Bob sold life insurance, his specialty was sudden death cases. But sadly this underwriter is now in the underworld.
Etymology: Tomb (a place for the burial of a corpse) & Terminate (bring to an end or halt;concluding the employment of)
Myocardialinfraction
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: my-oh-card-yal-in-FRACK-shun
Sentence: Elwood committed the ultimate myocardialinfraction by having a fatal heart attack mere weeks before he was to have gained eligibility for a comfortable retirement package.
Etymology: Blend of 'myocardial' (relating to the tissue of the heart) and 'infraction' (breach; violation; infringement) -- a word play on the medical term myocardial infarction.
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-30: 12:51:00
I wonder if they docked his last paycheck for this "infraction" - mweinmann, 2009-03-30: 16:37:00
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Deadicated
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dedikātid
Sentence: Everybody thought Bob was a dedicated worker. He was in his office when people arrived in the morning and there when they left. Last week they discovered that he was a deadicated, desiccated worker. His bosses now have the difficult task of determining just when he passed away and how much pay should be retrieved from his estate.
Etymology: dead (no longer alive) + dedicated (devote time, effort, or oneself to a particular task or purpose)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-10-12: 06:43:00
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Myocardialinfraction
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: my-oh-card-yal-in-FRACK-shun
Sentence: Montgomery committed the ultimate myocardialinfraction by having a fatal heart attack mere weeks before he was to have gained eligibility for a comfortable retirement package.
Etymology: Blend of 'myocardial' (relating to the tissue of the heart) and 'infraction' (breach; violation; infringement) -- a word play on the medical term myocardial infarction
Employded
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: em-ploi-ded
Sentence: Ralph worked on the overnight crew. His co-workers knew he often stayed beyond his prescribed time. What they didn't know was that Ralph had passed from employed to employeded, from a member of the graveyard shift to a graveyard stiff. If Mary hadn't gone to Ralph's office to retrieve her stapler, he might still be there still.
Etymology: employed (having a job) + dead (deceased)
