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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.
Verboticisms
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Mafingering
Created by: Whittier
Pronunciation: muh-FING-grr-rihng
Sentence: I told my boss the trip to Aruba was for a medical procedure, but I was just mafingering.
Etymology: malingering + giving the finger to the boss
Callinginshtick
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: call-ing-in-sh-tik
Sentence: Avery was a diligent worker with a good sense of responsibility, but when her college roommates showed up on Thursday for a weekend of fun, she couldn't resist pulling the old callinginshtick. After trolling through plausible sudden and severe illnesses in her head, Avery settled on a urinary tract infection, figuring the gross-out factor would preclude her boss from exposing her callinginshtick. She was right.
Etymology: Calling in sick, changed to incorporate shtick, a Yiddish word that means a comic theme or gimmick.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! That AVERY was a genius. You , too. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:42:00
Good one...or mention any kind of female problems and they back away like you've got Bubomic Plague... - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:01:00
Meant Bubonic...though you could feel very explosive! - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:01:00
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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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Fabrichondria
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: fab ri ˈkändrēa
Sentence: Sue Ellen was quite the fabrichondriac, forever playing hooky and getting away with it, that her jealous co-workers begged her for one of her never failing, get out of work, contagious conditions.
Etymology: fabricate: to lie, + hypochondria: imaginary illness
Decepsis
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) dĭ-sěp'sĭs; (adj.) dĭ-sěp'tĭk
Sentence: Friday I called into work with an acute case of decepsis; I was all better once I cradled the receiver.
Etymology: dec[eptive] + [s]epsis = (local or generalized invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins)
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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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)
Sindrome
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sinnn droh mmmm
Sentence: father murphy regretted his sindrome when he met the bishop in the bookmakers office
Etymology: syndrome, sin
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COMMENTS:
sinsational - Nosila, 2010-03-01: 21:36:00
He gets no sinpathy from me! - karenanne, 2010-03-02: 10:48:00
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Fluiaral
Created by: Lyokia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When Mattie wanted to skip the major presentation at work she came down with a fluiaral.
Etymology:
Comments:
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James