Verboticisms

Created by: tumblebehr

Pronunciation: Reh plah ih la cayt

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Created by: cmseth

Pronunciation: Pretend-in-itis

Sentence: Larry was relieved to hear that his new clerk Todd had not caught a life-threatening parasite while staying an extra week at the beach, and happily checked the box labeled "Pretendinitis" on his pink slip.

Etymology: Pretend: to appear falsely -itus: an abnormal condition or tendency

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Warning: Pretendinitis, if allowed to continue, could result in an office-wide "fabridemic". - cmseth, 2007-11-02: 07:59:00

Great word -- 'fabridemic' too! - Tigger, 2007-11-06: 13:38:00

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Created by: clarion

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Sentence: Yeah, he totally illemanated the situation, and now he's taking an extra week's paid vacation while I'm stuck at the office doing all his work!

Etymology: ill- sickness and emanate- to send forth

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Created by: Pickles78

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Created by: Lidipop

Pronunciation: aye-leye-ing

Sentence: Meet me at the beach...my boss believed me when i was "ailying" about how i feel...hahaha

Etymology: ailment(sickness) + lying(dishonest)=ailying

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: sel yu LIE tis

Sentence: When Larry called into work and said he couldn't get out of bed because he had cellulietis, that was technically accurate, since he WAS using his CELL phone to LIE about not coming in. The "couldn't get out of bed" part was because his long-distance girlfriend was visiting!

Etymology: cellulitis + lie

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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

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: mall ayze

Sentence: The malaze she felt was at it's worst after her periodic binges on Gang's Beer and purple artichokes.

Etymology: malaise, laze

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Thank goodness I have today off, or I'd have to call in with malaze. That party last night was WILD! Ow. That typing hurt. Better head back to bed. - purpleartichokes, 2007-11-02: 07:42:00

Sounds like she's as "full as the carpet snake that swallowed the wallaby!" Wouldn't ave been the beer that made her crook; it ave been the purple artichokes,! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-04: 16:58:00

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Created by: mistressofwords

Pronunciation: mouth-a-roo-ji-tist

Sentence: The doctor said I have a bad case of Moutharougitist.

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having a red (rouge french for red) mouth that is swollen. yuk - mistressofwords, 2008-10-01: 15:58:00

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Created by: Sam123

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