DEFINITION: n. A prop (e.g. papers, files or any non-functional equipment) used to create the illusion of busyness. v. To use office supplies to create the illusion that you are working.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Fileusion: /fyl loo zhun/ He was the Great Pretender in our office. Sadly, because he was a male, he got away with it for way longer than any female would even dare try. Yes, Seymour Dolittle, was a fileusion. He would stalk the halls carrying a file folder and pretend to “do his rounds” with nothing more than what turned out to be a pizza place menu and and a bus schedule in his file folder. He fooled the senior management for over 5 years (the ladies in the company twigged on after a year or two, but had nowhere to lodge their concerns). When the cuts came, no one could salvage Seymour, as he worked for no one, did not report to anyone and could never successfully explain his presence in the hallowed halls. Luckily for him, he worked long enough to collect a great pension, unemployment insurance and a tasty severance for all his hard-worked time. Nice work if you can get it…and he wasn’t even a CEO of anything! Etymology: File (a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together) & Illusion (an erroneous mental representation; the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas; an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers)
Created by: Nosila.
Bogustrive: /bo-ga-strive/ Jim took more effort to bogustrive around the office than it would’ve taken to actually do some work. Etymology: bogus + strive Created by: kendriveset.
Comments on Bogustrive:
Nosila, 2010-01-07: 18:50:00
good onekendriveset, 2010-01-08: 15:48:00
thanks so much
Portfonio: /pôrtˈfÅnÄ“ËŒÅ/ Gerry has all the correct business props, the pinstripe suit, the proper tie, the Blackberry. He is never seen without his portfolio. The truth; the suit is a cheap knock-off; the tie, a clip-on; Blackberry, a much too expensive cell phone and the portfolio, a portfonio that holds nothing more than his lunch. Etymology: portfolio (a large, thin, flat case for loose sheets of paper such as drawings or maps) + phony (not genuine; fraudulent) Created by: artr.
Phantofiles: /fan-tuh-files/ John had six different coloured sets of phantofiles he alternated at various times of the day to keep ‘The Man’ off his case and to demonstrate his industriousness and multitasking abilities. “Damn, he’s good!” thought his boss. “He’s completed three different projects today and it’s only noon.” John’s phantofiles put him in line for a raise.
Etymology: phantom + files
Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Phantofiles:
Nosila, 2010-01-07: 18:50:00
phantastic
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