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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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Replillicate
Created by: tumblebehr
Pronunciation: Reh plah ih la cayt
Sentence:
Etymology:
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".
Malaze
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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COMMENTS:
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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Ailying
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
Phonease
Created by: KenM2
Pronunciation: fo-nease
Sentence: he called in with a severe case of the phonease
Etymology: a combination of phony+disease, and an additional play on words with "phone in"+"take it easy"
Trake
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I had to trake my boss today.
Etymology:
Contrafalsphlegma
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
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
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