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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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Bloss
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: blawss
Sentence: Julie felt a huge sense of bloss after her manager rounded the corner without spotting her behind the unfinished weekly Sales Reports.
Etymology: bliss + loss + bless
Euphonya
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: yoo-FO-nee-ah
Sentence: The sense of euphonya enveloped me like a fog, as Katherine stopped at Matt's desk, rather than mine, to ask how the weekly report was coming.
Etymology: eu - beauty (Greek) phony - false, after "euphoria" -- i.e., a false sense of beauty or relief.
Intraypidation
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-tray-pid-ay-shun
Sentence: whenever i became too overwhelmed with intraypidation i would head to the kitchen for a bit of subterfridge
Etymology: in tray, intrepid, trepidation
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COMMENTS:
well deskribed - galwaywegian, 2007-06-11: 05:17:00
I like. - Clayton, 2007-06-11: 07:14:00
I have to vote for this one because of the excellent usage of subterfridge - porsche, 2007-06-11: 13:05:00
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Exhaletothechief
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: eks hayl too the cheef
Sentence: Miriam worked for the President of their firm. Technically called an Executive Adminstrator, she soon learned that the title actually meant slave and dog's body to Mr. Stinkin' Lincoln. He did his MBA tour each day (Management By Annoyance) and harassed her and the other staff to work harder and faster. The irony was that he did not even know what Miriam did for him in a day. After his morning passover, she would exhaletothechief and get on with her real work. If only Mr. Lincoln knew how much energy and productivity was utilized by his staff in avoiding him and his daily tours and that they could get more done when he was not around.
Etymology: Exhale (heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily) & The Chief (The Boss,a person who exercises control over workers) & play on "Hail to the Chief"(which is a march primarily associated with the President of the United States. Its playing accompanies the appearance of the President at many public appearances.)
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COMMENTS:
Very good! I especially enjoyed MBA. - artr, 2010-01-05: 04:30:00
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Hierarchothrill
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: HI rar ko THRILL
Sentence: Hierarchothrill was the order of the day, though their anarcho-ad-hoc often lacked the resources to entice anybody to fight for control. It would be a long time until another visionary of Jilo's calibur took hold of the reigns.
Etymology: Heirarcy + Thrill
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COMMENTS:
They would know when another such visionary came along. Whosoever pulls this letter opener from this paper weight will be the one true king of the office -- the modern equivalent of excalibur. - petaj, 2007-06-11: 04:40:00
great sounding word - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-11: 13:08:00
that would be an impressive feat indeed! most exalted would his triumphant rise be! and thanks, jabber. - jadenguy, 2007-06-11: 15:22:00
all hail the new king of human resources - HRthur and his good friend Outsourcealot - rikboyee, 2007-06-11: 20:20:00
It's good to know that shiftalry is not dead, but it's good riddance to Middieval Managers. - petaj, 2007-06-12: 07:46:00
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Didntdoitism
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: did ent do it ism
Sentence: Because of his didntdoitism he hid in the bathroom most of the day.
Etymology: Didn't+do+it+ism
Heebiemanageebies
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈhibi-ˌmænəˈdʒibiz/
Sentence: The fact that my boss has yet to figure out that I'm still working on last November's TPS reports really gives me the heebie-manageebies.
Etymology: From heebie-jeebies + manager
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COMMENTS:
very cute! - rikboyee, 2007-06-11: 17:57:00
Gives me the creeps just saying it out loud. - petaj, 2007-06-12: 07:48:00
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Sloozing
Created by: hatman003
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Good sloozing when the boss went past
Etymology:
Fachsie
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: fuhk - sahy
Sentence: Anna let out a fachsie upon seeing that his boss was out to get not Anna, but her evil twin sister, Anne.
Etymology: fuck [interjection meaning surprise or dread] + sigh [relief]
Dreadelief
Created by: happyhippy
Pronunciation: dread/el/ief
Sentence:
Etymology: dread - as in dreading something, relief- relived about something put them together to get the meaning or dreadelief
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