It’s all strategic positioning.

DEFINITION: To create an illusion of busyness so that your co-workers, and most importantly your boss, never realize that you have absolutely nothing to do.

It's all strategic positioning.

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Taskmasker: /task-mass-kur/ Phil was a professional taskmasker; I don’t know how he was able to look busy all the time when everyone knew he had absolutely nothing to do. Etymology: taskmaster, mask Created by: purpleartichokes.

Workastallic: /wurk-a-stahl-ik/ Jim was such a workastallic that, while giving the impression that he never let go of a project, he was in fact seriously stalling (and checking out verbotomy on the side) Etymology: workaholic + stall Created by: Jabberwocky.

Exertsham: /exert-sham/ The illusion of working is an age old problem and is also known as walking the dog, a government job, or exertsham. Etymology: exertion + sham Created by: Stevenson0.

Slackofflage: /-ˈslækəˌflɔʒ-/ The key to successful slackofflage is an untidy workspace; if your boss can identify each paper on your desk and window on your computer screen, then you’ve already lost. Etymology: From “slack off” + “camouflage” Created by: ErWenn.

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James

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I’d Rather Have a Cup of Verbotomy

Yes we are doing it again…

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Contest Start Date: April 30, 2007 at 12:01:00 am EDT
Contest End Date: May 6, 2007 at 11:59:59 pm EDT

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Quit clicking on me. Use F5!

DEFINITION: Obsessive-compulsive rechecking or “refreshing” of an item (especially a webpage) to see if its status has changed; often leads to repetitive mouse-clicking disorder.

Quit clicking on me. Use F5!

VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)

Refretish: /ree fret ish/ he had a serious refretish, especially when he had posted a new word. Etymology: refresh fetish Created by: galwaywegian.

Clixation: /klik – sey – shuhn/ Research shows that verbotomists wearing long-sleeved orange shirts with weird designs on it have a slightly higher tendency of clixation compared to others. Furthermore, verbotomists with much higher tendencies of clixation … are those who own a mouse. Etymology: click + fixation (an obsession) Created by: ohwtepph.

Addclicktion: /ad-clik-shun/ after 3 hours of compulsive refreshing, he realised he had a serious addclicktion Etymology: addiction, click Created by: rikboyee.

Refreshology: /ree-fresh-all-oh-jee/ Although Purpleartichokes was a follower of Refreshology, at the end of the day, her word garnered 11 points; eschewed by verbotomists like yesterday’s meatloaf proffered alongside lobstertail and filet mignon. Etymology: refresh, reflexology Created by: purpleartichokes.

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James

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