Verboticism: Workacolic
DEFINITION: v. To be so hardworking and dedicated to your job that you come to work even when you're sick and dangerously infectious. n. A person who comes to work sneezing, coughing, contagious, and sick as a dog.
Workacolic
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: work-a-coll-ick
Sentence: Bent over with abdominal spasms, Dennis the workacolic, hauled a dozen cases of beer into the back of the truck and drove off on his delivery run all the while groaning and moaning.
Etymology: work + alcoholic + colic
Points: 1484
Comments: Workacolic
Jabberwocky - 2008-05-07: 11:43:00
funny - congrats Petaj on your great words last week