Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ex speedy yah dot kon

Sentence: 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)

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COMMENTS:

love Peurto Backyardo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 10:59:00

:) ! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:29:00

Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:13:00

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Created by: KenM2

Pronunciation: fo-nease

Sentence: he called in with a severe case of the phonease

Etymology: a combination of phony+disease, and an additional play on words with "phone in"+"take it easy"

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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: duf•fôrj

Sentence: It was going to be the first nice day in weeks; Dean decided to dufforge the day, by calling in sick, so he could play a round of golf.

Etymology: Duffer: Scots dial; Duffer, a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf. + Forge: Latin; fabrica, To make a falsification.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: f/lose

Sentence: Whenever Jenny has had enough of work, she'll call in with the fluse when she needs a mental health day at the beach.

Etymology: FLUSE noun - from FLU (highly contagious viral disease)+ FALSE (not genuine; counterfeit) + RUSE (a crafty trick, stratagem)

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COMMENTS:

Short and sweet. VERY economical word. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:35:00

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Created by: niko23

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Created by: afehnel2

Pronunciation: Sick-as-a-dog

Sentence: "I would come into work today but I can't because my doctor says I have Sickasadog. It's contagious."

Etymology: Sick- not feeling well As a dog- Dogs get real sick

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Created by: bobbythebuilder

Pronunciation: chaca-chac-bam-bam

Sentence: chacachacbambam is the best band ever.

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: malla-day-off

Sentence: The boss was suspicious that Ken was only suffering from a maladayoff. In the background he could hear the strains of Greensleeves and the steady crash of waves on a beach. It must have been a case of fauxplague.

Etymology: malady + day off (faux + plague + plage fr. for Beach) A fauxplague is a specific type of maladayoff wherein the sufferer returns to work with a case of sunburn.

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COMMENTS:

Hee hee so funny!! i like fauxplague too - kinda sexy! - libertybelle, 2007-11-02: 11:09:00

Clever blend. Hope Ken doesn't get sandy blight! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-04: 16:49:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: med-eh-scam-vuh-KAY-shun

Sentence: 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.

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COMMENTS:

That's what I"M talking about. More! More! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:40:00

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Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: in-vent-ed-lou-enz-ah

Sentence: Kimberly suspected her co-worker had come down with a case of inventedluenza when she saw her coworker had updated her facebook status several times about shopping and going out on the town, which was strange since they lived in a village.

Etymology: invented (to make up or fabricate) + influenza (common disease)

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