DEFINITION: v. intr., To create the impression that you are deathly ill and represent a potentially lethal bio-hazard risk, so that your boss will ask you to “take the next couple of days off”. n., A faked illness.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Plaguegiarize: /playg-jeea-rise/ Whenever Dan felt the urge to spend a lazy day relaxing on the beach he would plaguegiarize the current circulating virus and call in sick. Etymology: plague + plagiarize Created by: Jabberwocky.
Pseudomonia: /soodo-mone-yuh/ After two days of fake hacking and coughing at meetings, Congolia finally convinced her boss she was too ill to work, but Congolia smiled to herself as she left the office, knowing it was really a case of pseudomonia. Etymology: pseudo (false) + pneumonia (respiratory illness) Created by: LoftyDreamer.
Comments on Pseudomonia:
Nosila, 2008-10-01: 21:58:00
Love that Congolia!
Expediadotcon: /ex speedy yah dot kon/ Mary had a knack for getting additional vacation time every year. By faking dreadful symptoms and acting better than most Oscar winners, she was able to fool her boss into believing she was at death’s doorstep and highly infectious. She definitely put the “con” in contagious. After she had set the stage, she flu off to exotic locales and enjoyed an expediadotcon vacation. One of these days, her boss would wise up and figure out that when Typhoid Mary came back from these illnesses, she had a tan. When that happened, she’d lose her job and she would only be able to afford to vacation in Puerto Backyardo! Etymology: expedia.com(popular website for last minute cheaper vacations) & con (to deprive by deceit;hustle) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Expediadotcon:
Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 10:59:00
love Peurto Backyardometrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:29:00
🙂 !OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:13:00
Good word
Mediscamvacation: /med-eh-scam-vuh-KAY-shun/ For the third year in a row Bernard managed to play on the sympathy of his boss Viola, and wrangled a weeks paid vacation of sick leave by pulling yet another mediscamvaction gambit. Etymology: Blend of medical, scam, and vacation.
Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Mediscamvacation:
metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:40:00
That’s what I”M talking about. More! More!
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