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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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Grimweeker
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: GRIM-week-uhr
Sentence: When telephonicly Bob's eerie ebolalia mournfully eked out his own impending self-doom; his boss, Mr Hart, always immediately granted to him, a moaning, groaning grimweeker, the next five working days off on full pay.
Etymology: GRIM: having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air; melancholy; despondent: & WEEK:the working days or working portion of the seven-day period; workweek; _ER: (suffix): forming nouns, denoting doer. GRIM REAPER: the ghastly, savage, fierce, harsh, stalking, foreboding and repulsive aspect of immanent death. EBOLALIA (ebola & lalia)
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COMMENTS:
a whole week? lucky guy - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 11:00:00
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Fleasong
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Be at the beach in ten minutes honey,my boss bought the old fleasong.
Etymology:
Analglaucomais
Created by: Justpeachyy
Pronunciation: Anal glau coma iss
Sentence: Yeah.. that's what I said, my boss bought my analglaucomais so let's ride!
Etymology: I dont SEE my ASS coming into work today
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COMMENTS:
Great etymology - petaj, 2007-11-03: 07:18:00
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Fakebuttsikinging
Created by: emilylind
Pronunciation: Say fake the butt and then the letters si and king and ing .
Sentence: she was fakebuttsikinging !
Etymology:
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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Liaryngitis
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: liar/in/jy/tis
Sentence: He came down with a bad case of liaryngitis just in time for the baseball playoffs.
Etymology: laryngitis + liar
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COMMENTS:
Great word! - libertybelle, 2007-11-02: 11:08:00
Excellent!! - Mustang, 2007-11-03: 00:00:00
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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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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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Sikasadog
Created by: afehnel2
Pronunciation: Sick-as-a-dog
Sentence: "I would come into work today but I can't because my doctor says I have Sickasadog. It's contagious."
Etymology: Sick- not feeling well As a dog- Dogs get real sick
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and svnfsvn. Thank you remistram and svnfsvn! ~ James'
Thanks to everyone for joining me at our Blog Party yesterday to celebrate Verbotomy's first birthday. It was a lot of fun. Thanks! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James