Verboticism: Ickgusting
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.
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Employeebola
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: emp loii eee bow lah
Sentence: the employeebola flu from dest to desk, with germoronic zeal, passing documents and bodily fluids with an apostolic zeal.
Etymology: ebola employee
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COMMENTS:
terrific - sorry I didn't see this yeterday - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-08: 05:57:00
oops - yesterday - Jabberwocky, 2008-05-08: 05:57:00
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Sickmission
Created by: diyan627
Pronunciation: sik-mish-in
Sentence: John is under complete sickmission... His rationalization is that he's working at the hospital, what does it matter anyway?
Etymology: sick (ill) + mission (ambition-an inner calling to pursue an activity or perform a service) + submission (surrendering to the power of wanting to be the top dog)
Colleaugie
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: kŏl'ŏŏg'ē
Sentence: Barton was nothing but a colleaugie; he sneezed as he entered Martina's cubicle, and his hand was too late to block the greenish projectile that splattered onto the far partition.
Etymology: Colleague who produces (or "horks") loogies.
Contaminhater
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kon tam in hay ter
Sentence: When Typhoid Mary at work got sick (often) she loved to share her misery...believing if she gave away her germs, she would be rid of them. I thought of her as the contaminhater, because she always made me sick!
Etymology: Contaminater (infectious;transmissable of diseases;septic) & Hate her (don't like her)
Germployee
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: jurm ploy ee
Sentence: Peter was well on his way to becoming Germployee of the Month. He regularly came in to work, when he should have stayed in his sick bed. The more contagious he was, the more hours he would expose his co-workers to his nasty virulent bacterium. If he just once stayed home when he felt this way, office absenteeism would plummet. His new nickname was Peter Pandemic.
Etymology: Germ (a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium) & Employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
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COMMENTS:
funny - love Peter Pandemic - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:40:00
Clever - Mustang, 2009-06-20: 05:58:00
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Sociopathogen
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: so sheo path o jen
Sentence: Larry, who always fancied himself as a leader and trendsetter, was at it again. Feeling his employers would wilt away without him, he dragged his ailing body into the office. That guy caught more colds and flus than anyone else. Of course, he never thought to consider his colleagues, who one by one, were felled by whatever disease this sociopathogen transported. Armed with disinfectants and sprays, his poor co-workers tried their best to avoid whatever ailment he brought to work this week. They never succeeded. It is no wonder they called him Typhoid Larry!
Etymology: Sociopath (someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder) & Pathogen (any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)
Dupopar
Created by: tyler775
Pronunciation: /doo* poe * par/
Sentence: Joe is such a dupopar; he comes to work even when he's sick with the flu.
Etymology: *du fom dur- Greek prefix for hard *poe from poie - Greek prefix for to make * par from part - French prefix for leave
Deadicated
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ded ick ay ted
Sentence: He was so deadicated he to emptying ths in-tray, that he managed to clear out the entire department as well
Etymology: dedicated, dead
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COMMENTS:
With enough deadication you can continue to work after you die. Sort of a coasting effect. - artr, 2010-07-08: 11:57:00
Deadicated...that's why they call computers "terminals"! - Nosila, 2010-07-09: 00:35:00
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Birohazard
Created by: tmcg5625
Pronunciation: by-row-haz-ard
Sentence: "The guy who sits next to me must have Ebola or something. He's oozing out of everywhere and he's still showing up every day! Sooner or later i'm gonna get whatever he's got. He's a total birohazard so i gotta resign dude."
Etymology: Biro- ball point pen. common office utensil Hazard- general threat to one's general well-being Biohazard- Biological iteration of aforementioned threat.
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COMMENTS:
Love your word, tmcg! - Nosila, 2008-05-07: 01:56:00
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Jobsicksess
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: job/sick/sess
Sentence: John comes to work no matter his illness. To his co-workers, John's jobsicksess means they'll probably catch some contagious cold, or disease from him.
Etymology: job + sick + obsess; j + obsess = jobsess + sick = jobsicksess
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COMMENTS:
not to mention job success - petaj, 2008-05-08: 05:33:00
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