Verboticism: Stafflococky
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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Workhoarse
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: werk - hors
Sentence: Jeremy was a real workhoarse. He often came to work hacking, coughing, sneezing and hoarse to the point that he could not talk. He thought he was earning "brownie points" with the boss but in reality, everyone was upset with him because he was contagious.
Etymology: work, hoarse, workhorse
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COMMENTS:
Hoarseterical word! - Nosila, 2009-06-19: 13:04:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:42:00
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Illdustrious
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: ill-dus-tree-us
Sentence: Phil was a snotbucket that overfloweth. Still, he came to work and was an illdustrious little bee that paid no attention to whom he sneezed on or on what he wiped his moist and slimy hands.
Etymology: ill, sick + industrious, hard-working
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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Cohorker
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: co/hork/ur
Sentence: Spu Tum was a stalwart cohorker who never missed a day and left his mark on any work or worker he touched.
Etymology: co-worker + hork (as in hork up phlegm)
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COMMENTS:
I've worked with him...good word! - Nosila, 2009-06-19: 13:05:00
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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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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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Ailsperson
Created by: kirill
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'd like to help you, but all all of our representatives are busy, except that one, but he's more of an ailsperson than a salesperson today.
Etymology: Ailment, as in an illness or disorder, and salesperson.
Ickgusting
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: ik-gust-ing
Sentence: Igor had a ickgusting way of sliming all over the office paperwork.
Etymology: ik- Something gross, a way of saying "ew". Gusting- taken in part of dis'gusting' - Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
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.
Staphstaff
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: stafstaf
Sentence: Betty works in an office where they are very careful to categorize workers into specific workgroups. Nobody is supposed to or allowed do work that isn't in their job description. Betty has her own categories for people who insist on coming to work despite being ill. The biggest group is the flucrew. The bunch she works hardest to avoid is the staphstaff.
Etymology: staph (a bacterium of a genus that includes many pathogenic kinds that cause pus formation, esp. in the skin and mucous membranes) + staff (all the people employed by a particular organization)
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COMMENTS:
very creative - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-19: 13:41:00
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