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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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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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Mallusion
Created by: Muzplaya
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Bob went to the casino on Monday, content his boss had bought his mallusion.
Etymology: Malady, Illusion
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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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)
Muybuyuymuy
Created by: blackkittynili
Pronunciation: muey-buey-buey-muey
Sentence: i really am muybuybuying my boss
Etymology: i donow bhg guhf loujhf olujhf oulhf oluhf olujhf olujhf olujhf of oujhf ouhf ouhf ouhf ouf oufyuo uyfyuoyf uyf ouyf yu ofuyf uyo fuyof uoyf uyof yuo uyo fuyo fuyof yu fouyf yu fyu fuyf uoy fuy foufuyfuo uyf ouyf ouyf ouyf ouyf ouyf ouyf yuof yuov yu ofty
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COMMENTS:
muybuybuymuy - blackkittynili, 2007-11-04: 04:07:00
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Medifabulate
Created by: jdurham777
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Since I had used up all my vacation, I had to resort to my 'trick knee,' call my boss and medifabulate to get the week off.
Etymology: Medi - (n) relating to the management of physical disorder fabulate (v) to lie. 3rd century Rome, when the senatorial archives record a spike in the number of soldiers claiming illness to avoid duty.
Cellulietis
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
Hookychondria
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hook kee kon dree ah
Sentence: Mala Dee had called her boss describing her dreadful symptoms and the fact that her doctor had told her to take 2 weeks off to avoid spreading infection to her co-workers. Her boss was sympathetic, but any doubts he had about her lengthy illness were brought home as he watched the closing ceremonies of the Olympics from Vancouver and saw a shot of Mala dancing around with the Team Canada athletes. It was then he realized that she had only been suffering from the hookychondria, Gold Fever, like the rest of the country. GO, CANADA, GO!
Etymology: Hooky (truancy; failure to attend) & Hypochondria (chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments)
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COMMENTS:
"Mala Dee" Good one! - karenanne, 2010-03-02: 10:46:00
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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
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
Comments:
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Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James