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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.
Callitosis
Top verboticism of the day created by lumina
Pronunciation: kol-i-to-sis
Sentence: The weekend was just too short and the beach too perfect. Though it was the middle of October, the sun was hot, and the surf was up. Bianca decided there was no way she was going to drive back into the city. Instead, she planned on coming down with a really good case of callitosis. Not only was she going to take Monday off, but she planned to let her boss know this bout was so bad, she would not only be out until Thursday, BUT would most probably show up with a bad case of skin discoloration from the antibiotics the doctor had prescribed.
Etymology: call: The dreaded "calling in sick" phone call. osis: suffix-affected with, condition, abnormal process.
Created by: lumina.
Comments:
Hahahaha... Thanks Kiddo. - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:32:00
Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:14:00
More Top Verboticisms:
(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Pseudomonia: /soodo-mone-yuh/ After two days of fake hacking and coughing at meetings, Congolia finally convinced her boss she was too ill to work, but Congolia smiled to herself as she left the office, knowing it was really a case of pseudomonia. Etymology: pseudo (false) + pneumonia (respiratory illness) Created by: LoftyDreamer.
Comments:
Love that Congolia! - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 21:58:00
Fluse: /f-lose / Whenever Jenny has had enough of work, she'll call in with the fluse when she needs a mental health day at the beach. Etymology: FLUSE noun - from FLU (highly contagious viral disease)+ FALSE (not genuine; counterfeit) + RUSE (a crafty trick, stratagem) Created by: Stevenson0.
Callinginshtick: /call-ing-in-sh-tik/ Avery was a diligent worker with a good sense of responsibility, but when her college roommates showed up on Thursday for a weekend of fun, she couldn't resist pulling the old callinginshtick. After trolling through plausible sudden and severe illnesses in her head, Avery settled on a urinary tract infection, figuring the gross-out factor would preclude her boss from exposing her callinginshtick. She was right. Etymology: Calling in sick, changed to incorporate shtick, a Yiddish word that means a comic theme or gimmick. Created by: astorey.
Comments:
Excellent! That AVERY was a genius. You , too. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:42:00
Good one...or mention any kind of female problems and they back away like you've got Bubomic Plague... - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:01:00
Meant Bubonic...though you could feel very explosive! - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:01:00
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