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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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Hypermyspactivity
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: hai-per-mai-spac-ti-vi-ti
Sentence: Realizing that he'd spent an entire morning on the Internet, George experienced a flood of hypermyspactivity when he noticed his boss contemplating his remaining workload
Etymology: hyperactivity + "My Space"
Blork
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: bl-aw-k
Sentence: "You know when you're totally blorking 'cos your boss didn't talk to you? I had it three times today. I nearly died of blork." "OMG! I had a major blork just then. My boss is a total slave driver but he didn't notice me slacking for a change."
Etymology: The words 'boss', 'pile' and 'work' all squashed together into a semi-coherent sounding sort of word.
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COMMENTS:
Is she having a blockage or a blorkage? Great word. - Discoveria, 2012-09-09: 14:34:00
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Dawdleangst
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: DAH - dl - angst
Sentence: Having frittered away much of the afternoon on the assumption that his boss was away for the day, Bernard suffered a sudden and severe attack of dawdleangst when his boss walked by and saw the mounds of unfinished paperwork on the desk.
Etymology: Blend of 'dawdle' (to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter) and 'angst' (a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish)
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COMMENTS:
DAWDLEANGST is best cured by a "donut run"... - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:44:00
Better still, a coffee! - Wordotwist, 2008-08-05: 10:51:00
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Relidread
Created by: Zer22
Pronunciation: Rel-eh-dread
Sentence: I had a relidread feeling as I was not caught for having a lot of work to do.
Etymology: Relief + Dread
Dodgework
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dawdge-work
Sentence: Cybil had lots of dodgework last week ever since the new guy Chip came to the team. He was so dreamy.
Etymology: dodge + work
Binsanitease
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: bin-san-uh-teez
Sentence: Julie felt a moment of binsanitease when her boss walked past the huge stack of papers in her in box, but she knew it was just a matter of time before her coat rack cloaking device failed and she'd be the object of his anger.
Etymology: bin, insanity, tease
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COMMENTS:
love the sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-11: 13:20:00
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Loproductingle
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: lo-PROD-uct-EEN-gull
Sentence: Sensing an evil presence nearby, Casper threw a spreadsheet over his Minesweeper game just in time to see the Library Director sweep past like the grim fog from a defiled graveyard. Slowly, a LOPRODUCTINGLE spread over him as every cell in his database quivered like a child caught in a lie. "I hope you're working on those usage reports." Pat said with a pseudofriendly voice that belied the hateful look in her cold grey administrative eye. "OH YEAH !" He stammered, only to regret his lack of a more creative reply. Casper's eyes never wandered from the monitor until she floated wraith-like into her office. Relieved that the moment had passed, he began to relax, but the LOPRODUCTINGLE returned like the rising tide of fear he felt in his coffee-filled bladder. An out-of-body sensation stupefied his mind as he catalogued all the woes this encounter could bring to his pleasantly mundane life. He minimized the screen which mocked his defiance and resumed play in the minefield of academic employment...
Etymology: LOw+PRODUCTivity+tINGLE=LOPRODUCTINGLE low: relatively small BS output.... productivity: a measure of useful work....tingle: to feel a ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation
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COMMENTS:
The above incident is a product of fiction and bears no resemblance to any persons, living or undead. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:33:00
http://www.ifla.org/I/humour/humour.htm - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:34:00
Live it or live WITH it! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:35:00
WOW! Verbotomists get up pretty early ! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:44:00
Loproductingle...I thought it was a stroke (of genius!) - Nosila, 2008-08-04: 17:52:00
Some of us verbotimists go to bed late...depends on your time zone! - Nosila, 2008-08-04: 23:39:00
Sounds like a jingle! - Wordotwist, 2008-08-05: 10:56:00
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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
Respiteful
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: re spyte full
Sentence: Lolly had a momentary feeling of being respiteful when her boss stormed past her desk, piled high with incomplete work. He ranted but did not look at her direction. This relief did not last long, as the boss had not had his glasses on. Once he donned them, he noticed Lolly's desk and bolted straight for it. Luckily, she had snuck off for her lunch break just in time. And also luckily, he had a very short attention span.
Etymology: Respite (the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment;a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort) & Spiteful (the quality of threatening evil)
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