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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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Illibi
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: il'-ə-bi
Sentence: Since the fishing season opened on Wednesday, and Joe couldn't resist the 'lure' of it, he needed an ailibi to get a few days off from work.
Etymology: ail - to be unwell + alibi - an excuse; claiming to be elsewhere at a certain time in question.
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COMMENTS:
Didn't see this one earlier: Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-06: 19:34:00
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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
Trake
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I had to trake my boss today.
Etymology:
Chacachacbambam
Created by: bobbythebuilder
Pronunciation: chaca-chac-bam-bam
Sentence: chacachacbambam is the best band ever.
Etymology:
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)
Contagialize
Created by: taggreen
Pronunciation:
Sentence: No, we're cool, I contagialized my boss and she made me take the day off.
Etymology:
Plaguegiarize
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: playg/jeea/rise
Sentence: Whenever Dan felt the urge to spend a lazy day relaxing on the beach he would plaguegiarize the current circulating virus and call in sick.
Etymology: plague + plagiarize
Mortalitemporary
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: môrtalətempərerē
Sentence: Jim’s condition was classified as mortalitempory. As he described it to his boss, he was near death but miraculously recovered once the work day was done.
Etymology: mortality (the state of being subject to death) + temporary (lasting for only a limited period of time)
Breda
Created by: icefoxgothic
Pronunciation: bra(long a)-da
Sentence: I never get vacations so I had to breda to my boss.
Etymology: Break-To pause or stop and day-like monday
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