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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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Pretendinitis
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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COMMENTS:
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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Illployment
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: il-PLOI-ment
Sentence: By telling his boss that he was suffering from the barcoo rot, Bob created such a perfect illusion that he was granted immediate illployment on full pay for a month.
Etymology: ill: unwell, unfavorable; ploy: 1. trick, manoeuvre, 2. piece of business, task & ment: act. ... Illusion: blend of ill & illusion.
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COMMENTS:
glad everything went well with the cardio - nice word - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 12:34:00
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Mediscam
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: MED-eh-skam
Sentence: In order to extend his vacation a couple extra days, Barrymore once again conned his boss with a mediscam, reporting phony symptoms accompanied by phony photos.
Etymology: Blend of 'medical' and 'scam'
Fauxmortitis
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Fohh-morr-TIE-tuhss
Sentence: Stanley smiled as his employee benefits rep tried to read his doctor's chicken scratch medical assessment, which was once again nothing more than a serious bout of Fauxmortitis that was easily taken care of with a prescribed round of golf in a neighboring county.
Etymology: Faux: fancy French word for "fake" + Mortis: fancy medical word for death + Itis: not-so-fancy suffix to imply a rampant breakout of whatever comes before it.
Virallusion
Created by: rexcausey
Pronunciation: vi-rawl-loo-zhuh-n
Sentence: Robbie cleverly came up with a virallusion when he found out his favorite pro baseball team made it to the World Series.
Etymology: Virallusion is noun derived from the words 1.) virus(Any of various extremely small, often disease-causing agents) and 2.) illusion(something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality)
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COMMENTS:
good word - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:02:00
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Hepalietis
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Hep-a-LIE-tis
Sentence: JIm's not here yet, I wonder if he's got hepalietis?
Etymology: Hepatitis + LIE
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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Illemanate
Created by: clarion
Pronunciation:
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
Ergbola
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: urg-bowl-ah
Sentence: She woke up with a wicked case of ergbola, compounded by an overwhelming need to feel the sand between her toes and the sun on her face.
Etymology: erg, ebola
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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and svnfsvn. Thank you remistram and svnfsvn! ~ James'
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James