Verboticism: Maladayoff
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.
Maladayoff
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: malla-day-off
Sentence: The boss was suspicious that Ken was only suffering from a maladayoff. In the background he could hear the strains of Greensleeves and the steady crash of waves on a beach. It must have been a case of fauxplague.
Etymology: malady + day off (faux + plague + plage fr. for Beach) A fauxplague is a specific type of maladayoff wherein the sufferer returns to work with a case of sunburn.
Points: 419
Comments: Maladayoff
libertybelle - 2007-11-02: 11:09:00
Hee hee so funny!! i like fauxplague too - kinda sexy!
OZZIEBOB - 2007-11-04: 16:49:00
Clever blend. Hope Ken doesn't get sandy blight!