Verboticism: Comradeshush
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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Hushhushpal
Created by: Missnah
Pronunciation: hush-hush-pal
Sentence: As hushhushpals Sarah and I pretended to barely tolerate each other at work.
Etymology: To keep sth hush hush - to keep it quiet/secret pal - friend
Hyde
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: hīd'
Sentence: To engage in a hyde is to deny your companion, and further suggests as to the superficiality of the relationship despite outward clues towards the otherwise. Sigh! She's hyding again. I guess I'll eat lunch by myself again, thought Suzy. Hydden relationships cluster in office buildings all over the world. Confessions of a Serial Hyder: A Memoir was ranked at lowest by the NY Times owing to the generally unappealing choice of verbosity.
Etymology: Hyde (of Jekyll and Hyde notoriety, suggesting a complete upheaval of the original personality)
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COMMENTS:
BRILLIANT! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-14: 02:46:00
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Egalitard
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: ee/gal/i/tard
Sentence: With her pleasant demeanor and slow wit, Connie was the perfect egalitard.
Etymology:
Workjerk
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: werk jerk
Sentence: She was a darling at the weekend, but on mondays she reverted to workjerk
Etymology: work, jerk
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.)
Colintimate
Created by: Juny1
Pronunciation: cul-int-i-mate
Sentence: During the meeting the were have a culintimate conversation.
Etymology: colleague + intimate
Cooleague
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: cool-eeg
Sentence: Cheryl is so friendly on the weekends but come Monday morning she treats my like a cooleague.
Etymology: colleague + cool
Confidont
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: känfədōnt
Sentence: Jill is Judy’s best of friend outside of work. At work she is a confidon’t, barely acknowledging that she knows Judy.
Etymology: confidant (a person with whom one shares a secret) + don’t (contraction of do not)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2011-07-07: 04:36:00
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Underpal
Created by: happyjocy
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When they were at work, Betty and Jane were 2 people from different planets. But, in a shopping mall, these two underpals made the perfect pair.
Etymology: Under (beneath, below, the other side of things) + pal (friend)
