Verboticism: Avoideliefear
DEFINITION: n. A momentary feeling of relief mixed with lingering dread, which occurs when your boss marches past the piles of unfinished work on your desk. v. To sigh with relief after your boss marches past your desk
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Stressurerush
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: stresh/er/rush
Sentence: When the boss is on a rampage looking to yell and dump on someone and my desk is backlogged and piled high, I go into a stressurerush when he storms past.
Etymology: stress + pressure + rush
Fachsie
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: fuhk - sahy
Sentence: Anna let out a fachsie upon seeing that his boss was out to get not Anna, but her evil twin sister, Anne.
Etymology: fuck [interjection meaning surprise or dread] + sigh [relief]
Bloss
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: blawss
Sentence: Julie felt a huge sense of bloss after her manager rounded the corner without spotting her behind the unfinished weekly Sales Reports.
Etymology: bliss + loss + bless
Relidread
Created by: Zer22
Pronunciation: Rel-eh-dread
Sentence: I had a relidread feeling as I was not caught for having a lot of work to do.
Etymology: Relief + Dread
Stressurerush
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: stresh/er/rush
Sentence: When the boss is on a rampage looking to yell and dump on someone and Jenny's desk is backlogged and piled high, she goes into a stressurerush when he storms past.
Etymology: STRESSURERUSH - noun - from - STRESS + PRESSURE + RUSH
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COMMENTS:
STRESSURERUSH...the hidden killer. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-04: 06:39:00
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Werkschmerz
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: work + shmerz
Sentence: I always get a sense of werkschmerz whenever the boss notices all the work I haven't been doing.
Etymology: From the German, n.: "I just can't take all this damned paperwork any more."
Heebiemanageebies
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈhibi-ˌmænəˈdʒibiz/
Sentence: The fact that my boss has yet to figure out that I'm still working on last November's TPS reports really gives me the heebie-manageebies.
Etymology: From heebie-jeebies + manager
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COMMENTS:
very cute! - rikboyee, 2007-06-11: 17:57:00
Gives me the creeps just saying it out loud. - petaj, 2007-06-12: 07:48:00
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Avoideliefear
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: a-void-e-lea-fear
Sentence: At the sound of the thundering footsteps, a sudden feeling of avoideliefear has overwhelmed my pretty blonde head.
Etymology: avoid - the boss relief - he doesn't know it's you fear - that he will find out
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Circleshirk
Created by: kendriveset
Pronunciation: cir-cle-sherk
Sentence: Debbie liked to circleshirk whenever her supervisor, Bob, tried to micro-manage. Sometimes it even made the boring day at work kind of exciting, yet fearful.
Etymology: circle + shirk: to hide amidst the piles of work to avoid work/the boss.
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2010-01-05: 18:47:00
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Bigwigjig
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: bigwigjig
Sentence: Mary’s bigwigjig was short-lived as the company ”suits” passed by her desk without so much as a glance. She got all the attention she could stand later when her supervisor passed along the corporate concerns over productivity.
Etymology: bigwig (an important person)+ jig (a lively dance with leaping movements)
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COMMENTS:
:-D - CharlieB, 2011-05-16: 06:47:00
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