Verboticism: Cubedestfriend
DEFINITION: v., To ignore a "friend" at work because you don't want anyone else to know that you are friends. n., A co-worker and secret "best friend" with whom it is best to keep your friendship confidential.
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Confidononer
Created by: Lidipop
Pronunciation: Kon-f-eye-doh-no-ner!
Sentence: Best friend by night, Confidononer by day!
Etymology: confide(say something in trust)+oh!(as in oh! not her)+ no(a negating expression)
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COMMENTS:
I read your word as confi(don't know her) - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-25: 12:26:00
that works also :) - Lidipop, 2007-10-25: 14:55:00
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Dissassociate
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: dis-ass-oh-see-ate
Sentence: Although Margot liked to tell Gina all about her man troubles during trips to the bathroom, she thought it better for her reputation to dissassociate with her at all other times.
Etymology: diss - slang for snub + associate - syn for friend
Ssshociashun
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sssssh so see ay shun
Sentence: Erika was friends with her boss, Sally, but company policy forbid fraternizing. Instead they had developed a ssshociashun, where they ignored each other at work. This tactic came in when Sally was caught stealing from her employer, The Public Library. Erika did not want to be found Guilty by Ssshociashun.
Etymology: Sssh (the sound you make when trying to quiet somebody) & Association (a formal organization of people or groups of people;a social or business relationship) & Shun ( avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)
Friendicate
Created by: svnfsvn
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Me and bob friendicated during happyhour.
Etymology: friend + syndicate
Ninchum
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: nin-chəm
Sentence: Don was Barbara's best ninchum. Her company had a strict policy against co-workers fraternizing and the fact that she was his supervisor made it all the more imperative to keep their friendship under wraps. They had known each other since elementary school but now acted like they had never met before.
Etymology: Ninja (In Japanese history, a ninjais a warrior, trained in martial arts, and specializing in a variety of unorthodox arts of war. The methods used by ninja included assassination, espionage, stealth, camouflage)+ chum (a close friend.)
Snubordinate
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: snub/or/din/it
Sentence: On the weekends Tiffany and Becka could be found shopping, lunching and looking for love at the hottest clubs together. Becka didn't mind at all that come Monday she was nothing but Tiffany's snubordinate. "Tiff" promised once she got the keys to the Management lounge, they could...well, that she'd get fresher pastries, after work, outside, in the parking lot, around the corner and two blocks down.
Etymology: Snub: To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight. Suborninate: Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary.
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COMMENTS:
She should be brought up on charges of insnubordination. - Mustang, 2008-09-23: 08:16:00
snubbery = opposite of snobbery?? very nice word - yellowbird, 2008-09-23: 18:34:00
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Differfriendsheaint
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Differ-friend-shee-aint
Sentence: She would always calmly and coldly differfriendsheaint between personal and professional relationships.
Etymology: Different friend she is not
Cinderally
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: sin derr al eye
Sentence: She would cover up her evenings with her cinderally by telling the people at the office that she had hired her to do some cleaning.
Etymology: cinderella, ally
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COMMENTS:
Nice word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-10-25: 18:52:00
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Slymatize
Created by: lwidmer
Pronunciation: SLY mah TIZE
Sentence: "Sherri was nearly caught slymatizing with Helen by the fax machine."
Etymology: From the Greek "sly" meaning doing something your mother shouldn't know about, and the Australian "mate" meaning a friend or chum who would hold your hair back while you throw up.
