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DEFINITION: v., To ignore a "friend" at work because you don't want anyone else to know that you are friends. n., A co-worker and secret "best friend" with whom it is best to keep your friendship confidential.
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Assocignorade
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: uh-soh-shee-ig-nawr-ad
Sentence: John refused to meet his assocignorade, Jayne, for lunch because of the company policy forbidding office romances.
Etymology: Middle English associaten Latin ignōrāre French camarade
Differfriendsheaint
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Differ-friend-shee-aint
Sentence: She would always calmly and coldly differfriendsheaint between personal and professional relationships.
Etymology: Different friend she is not
Conafiliate
Created by: Katie
Pronunciation: con-afil-iate
Sentence: I know we are friends but i cant conafiliate with you in public.
Etymology: con+afiliate
Freatcode
Created by: iluvenglish
Pronunciation: freet-cod
Sentence: she always freatcodes in front of her boss
Etymology: friend, cheat, cheat code
Chatfauxfoe
Created by: mryder
Pronunciation: chat / fa-h / foe
Sentence: Molly wandered passed Cindy gloomily, as she remembered that she was Cindy's chatfauxfoe, and that it was only acceptable to talk to her after work.
Etymology: Chat -ORIGIN shortening of CHATTER Faux- — ORIGIN French, ‘false’Foe-— ORIGIN from Old English, hostile; related to FEUD.
Confidont
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: känfədōnt
Sentence: Jill is Judy’s best of friend outside of work. At work she is a confidon’t, barely acknowledging that she knows Judy.
Etymology: confidant (a person with whom one shares a secret) + don’t (contraction of do not)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2011-07-07: 04:36:00
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Egalitard
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: ee/gal/i/tard
Sentence: With her pleasant demeanor and slow wit, Connie was the perfect egalitard.
Etymology:
Nontoktomise
Created by: brimuth
Pronunciation: non - tock - too - m - eyes
Sentence: The Supervisor's nontoktomise approach to her supposed best friend in the office, upset and annoyed those who witnessed the effect it had on her.
Etymology:
Slykick
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: SLAHY_kik
Sentence: Bob & Roxie remained cautiously inchummunicado, slykicks and chumdestine shushmates through out years of marriage.
Etymology: SLY: dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice & KICK: (as in sidekick): close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: mate, cobber, digger, buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal,)
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COMMENTS:
inchummunicado and chumdestine are fabulous - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-23: 10:19:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
lumina - 2008-09-25: 12:01:00
"Yay!" :)
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James