Verboticism: Bloworker
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.
Bloworker
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: blow-worker
Sentence: The bloworker sat down next to her at the meeting carrying tissues and cough drops, convinced that work would stop without his input. In spite of all her precautions, Eva knew that it was only a matter of time before she, too, would be hit by the flu because of this snotty, disgusting clod.
Etymology: blow (nose): expel nasal mucus (snot) through one's nostrils into a tissue or hankee + (co)worker: a fellow employee
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Comments: Bloworker
mrskellyscl - 2009-06-19: 07:14:00
Reminds me of some other germy creatures -- children who are sent to school sick because the parents don't have a babysitter.