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DEFINITION: To have a job where you get paid for thinking, daydreaming, or just sitting around wasting time and trying to look busy.
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Gnawledgverkor
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: na-ledge-ver-kor
Sentence: As a full-time gnawledgeverker I learned to satisfy my intellectual needs by gnawing on my mouse cord. But when I was given a wireless mouse, I was at wit's end...
Etymology: gnawing on the edge of work
Paidtoputz
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: pade/to/putz
Sentence: The "paidtoputz" put on his thinking cap, plugged in his laptop, and pulled out a pack of chewing gum to start the day.
Etymology: "paidtoputz" from the German word "putz", meaning finery and adornment and Yiddish meaning to fool around like a fop + paid + to
Cogitearn
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: coj-ee-tern
Sentence: No wonder Brent was smiling - each little thought was truly worth its weight in gold
Etymology: cogitate + earn
Knowledgejerkoff
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: knowledge worker + jerkoff
Profantasize
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: pro-fanta-size
Sentence:
Etymology: profession + fantasize
Slackerific
Created by: elizabeth
Pronunciation: {Slacker-if-ic}
Sentence: I work as a Slackerific Co-ordinator for the Dream Job Ltd. Corporation.
Etymology: 1. Stems from the English slang "slack" meaning "to not work" 2. Joined with the English word "terrific" meaning, wonderful
Mitful
Created by: queeny
Pronunciation: M.I.T. ful
Sentence: Don't ask him he's a MITful, he's not paid to talk.
Etymology:
Heavencent
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: A cool job for a creative mind is heavencent
Etymology: heaven + cent
Awsomktdr
Created by: timmy
Pronunciation: awsom ktdr
Sentence: I get paid for doing awsomktr
Etymology:
Comments:
- 2006-11-17: 19:11:00
Great sentence: As a full-time gnawledgeverker I learned to satisfy my intellectual needs by gnawing on my mouse cord. But when I was given a wireless mouse, I was at wit's end...