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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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Fakecation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fake-ca-shun
Sentence: Sara woke up feeling so good that she decided to take a couple fakecation days. Since she couldn't call in well, she faked being deathly ill. It was all working smoothly until she ran into her boss, who also felt too well to go to work, at the beach. "The doctor said I had to sit in the sun to cure my vitamin D deficiency," she lied. "Yeah, me too," said her boss. That was the end of the conversation and neither one of them ever mentioned it again.
Etymology: fake: false appearance; fraud + vacation: period of time devoted to pleasure, rest and relaxation
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-03-01: 13:46:00
cute - Nosila, 2010-03-01: 21:33:00
I think I'm going to add this word to my everyday vocabulary! - karenanne, 2010-03-02: 10:52:00
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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'
Deathillie
Created by: rexturtle
Pronunciation: deathil-LIE, or Death-IL-lie, or DEATH- illie : Comments please
Sentence: I told a deathillie to get off work today
Etymology: Crushing together of "deathly", "ill", and "lie".
Shamalady
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Shamal a dy
Sentence: Daisy called in a shamalady, along with a snapshot of her canine's rotted canines, causing her boss to remark to his assistant, "God knows I've had one of these. Bugger all to get out of, especially after the third time. Remind me never to visit Thailand again."
Etymology: Sham (a farce) & malady (ailment)
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COMMENTS:
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 11:01:00
canine's canines....inspired. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:36:00
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Liephoyd
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: lie - foyd
Sentence: The boss suspected that Barry's third tonsillectomy of the year was in reality a case of liephoid fever.
Etymology: lie + typhoid (a disease more prevalent around the turn of the 20th century)
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COMMENTS:
funny - I guess he would be Liephoyd Barry - Typhoid Mary's brother - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 12:29:00
If Barry keeps carrying on in this way up, his boss will "have him up to his back teeth." Nice word:imaginative! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-04: 16:40:00
I had a wicked case of liephoyd last Friday! - milorush, 2007-11-06: 13:00:00
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Mortalitease
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: môrˈtalətēz
Sentence: When Sally called her boss she never really claimed a specific illness. She was a real mortalitease. The wheeze, the weak trembling voice, the vague symptom references all left the impression that the grim reaper was knocking on her door. The shopping spree was just about to ensue.
Etymology: mortalities (the state of being subject to death) + tease (make fun of or attempt to provoke)
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 11:05:00
Hilarious parable, Artr. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:37:00
Fantastic. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:12:00
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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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Homerrhagicize
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: home uh raj uh size
Sentence: We had home plate seats for the World Series, so I had to homerrhagicize or my boss would come checking up on me.
Etymology: Home + [hemo]rrhagic (bleeding)
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James