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DEFINITION: n. A momentary feeling of relief mixed with lingering dread, which occurs when your boss marches past the piles of unfinished work on your desk. v. To sigh with relief after your boss marches past your desk
Verboticisms
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Disamiss
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Dis-ah-mis
Sentence: I couldn't help but feel disamiss when my boss flew past my stack of unfinished applications with his head in a cheeseburger.
Etymology: Dismiss (to be fired from ones job) + amiss (faulty or wrong; as in not doing ones paperwork)
Bossighed
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Bos-sy-d
Sentence: Tom was feeling really bossighed when the managing director made an impromptu visit to the office, he was so busy talking profits that he missed the huge backlog sitting on the desk waiting for Tom to deal with.
Etymology: Boss(a person in charge of an employee or organization) ORIGIN Dutch Baas 'master'+ Sighed(to let out an audible breath expressing relief) = Bossighed
Spassmedic
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: spass/mee/dik
Sentence: His face contorted in a spassmedic grimace as his boss pounced on the cubicle beside him.
Etymology: spasmodic + pass me
Repsychment
Created by: geoamnesia
Pronunciation: rE + sI - k + ment
Sentence: The day was going quite well until Dan passed my desk, (did he notice the report that was due last week?) the rest of the day went by in a cloud of deep repsychment.
Etymology: A recurring psychological moment best known to proficient procrastinators.
Exectrication
Created by: sanssouci
Pronunciation: Eg Sec Trick Aysion
Sentence: "I experienced a moment of pure exectrication as my boss walked past my desk without noticing the serious lack of work I had done all day, I really must conceal the piles of overflowing documents that need filing just in case I get busted."
Etymology: Exec, The boss. Extrication, To free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation.
Phoverwhelmed
Created by: cafisher
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was phoverwhelmed as I recognized my boss's staccato heel taps coming down the hall. I cowered behind the stacks of paperwork and breathed a sigh of relief when I realized she was only going to the ladies room.
Etymology: phew! + overwhelmed
Stressurerush
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: stresh/er/rush
Sentence: When the boss is on a rampage looking to yell and dump on someone and my desk is backlogged and piled high, I go into a stressurerush when he storms past.
Etymology: stress + pressure + rush
Bossgumps
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: BAWS-guhmps
Sentence: Jeremy got bossgumps every time Mr. Schmidt passed his desk to examine his ever-mounting horriPILEation. (D'oh!) It was getting so he didn't even have a chance to play Dr. Mario anymore.
Etymology: boss + goose bumps (sorta)
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COMMENTS:
Wow...that's just...wow. I think that may be the best verboticism ever. I'm going to have to steal that spoonerism technique in the future. - ErWenn, 2007-06-11: 02:51:00
Thanks! I guess I'll be on the lookout, too. I was going to use "horripileation" instead, but this one works better. - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 05:08:00
stunny fuff Clayton - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-11: 09:34:00
Too cute! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-11: 16:21:00
Thanks, guys. Maybe one of these days I'll win the coveted "tries too hard" award. - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 17:26:00
ahh...'the verbwannabe trophy'...we all want that - rikboyee, 2007-06-11: 18:02:00
Indeed, to be followed by the customary frontal verbotomy. Oh, wait. Been used already. - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 22:06:00
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me... - ErWenn, 2007-06-11: 23:12:00
...than a frontal lobotomy! - ErWenn, 2007-06-11: 23:12:00
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Shirkload
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: shirk+load
Sentence: Elijah realised the open plan office vortex of no to slow productivity had struck again and that there were actual dust particles on the shirkload piled up on his desk. The Henderson files on the top were supposed to have been completed an hour ago and on the bosses' desk by now - 'Oh look a paper clip on the floor!' - he dived and held his breath as his stomach churned - he could smell the halitosis...his boss was back from lunch...
Etymology: shirk - to avoid honest toil + load - a unit of honest toil [used as a noun and or a verb - a heavy shirkload or to be caught shirkloading]
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COMMENTS:
SHIRKLOAD- nice ring to it... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:42:00
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Sloozing
Created by: hatman003
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Good sloozing when the boss went past
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by cohenarie. It is also inspired by Timothy Johnson's book "GUST" where he advises that the first thing you have to realize about office politics is that it's a game. Thank you Cohenarie and Timothy! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by cohenarie. Thank you cohenarie. ~ James