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DEFINITION: v., 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.
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Contrafalsphlegma
Created by: NeuroGlyph
Pronunciation: Con-trah-falz-fleg-muh
Sentence: Contrafalsphlegma cannot be created nor destroyed...so...if a patient who insists they have it, they should ought to have a brain scan.
Etymology: CONTRA ~ against/opposite FALS ~ deceive PHLEGMA ~ inflammation
Contagialize
Created by: taggreen
Pronunciation:
Sentence: No, we're cool, I contagialized my boss and she made me take the day off.
Etymology:
Fluse
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: f/lose
Sentence: Sandra often calls in with the fluse when she needs a mental health day at the beach.
Etymology: flu + false + ruse
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COMMENTS:
Sandra's such a flusey! - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 13:34:00
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Anthraxafaking
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: an-thrax-a-fak-ing
Sentence: Bob put on a good show, but all his co-workers knew he was just anthraxafaking.
Etymology: anthrax (deadly infection) fake (pretend)
Fauxtagion
Created by: sugarinthegourd
Pronunciation: fō-tā'-jən
Sentence: Bob was supposed to work the Thursday after Thanksgiving, but he was struck down by a post-holiday fauxtagion.
Etymology: Faux, contagion
Fakesicknessism
Created by: ethancarlyon
Pronunciation: fake sick niss is um
Sentence: I used my fakesicknessism to get out of school early yesterday.
Etymology: fake- not real sick- not healthy ism- syndrome
Fluiaral
Created by: Lyokia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When Mattie wanted to skip the major presentation at work she came down with a fluiaral.
Etymology:
Callitosis
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: kol/i/to/sis
Sentence: The weekend was just too short and the beach too perfect. Though it was the middle of October, the sun was hot, and the surf was up. Bianca decided there was no way she was going to drive back into the city. Instead, she planned on coming down with a really good case of callitosis. Not only was she going to take Monday off, but she planned to let her boss know this bout was so bad, she would not only be out until Thursday, BUT would most probably show up with a bad case of skin discoloration from the antibiotics the doctor had prescribed.
Etymology: call: The dreaded "calling in sick" phone call. osis: suffix-affected with, condition, abnormal process.
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COMMENTS:
Hahahaha... Thanks Kiddo. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:32:00
Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:14:00
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Mediscamvacation
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and svnfsvn. Thank you remistram and svnfsvn! ~ James'
Thanks to everyone for joining me at our Blog Party yesterday to celebrate Verbotomy's first birthday. It was a lot of fun. Thanks! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James