Verboticism: Nyetworking
DEFINITION: v. To create an illusion of busyness so that your co-workers, and most importantly your boss, never realize that you have absolutely nothing to do. n. A person who pretends to be very busy.
Nyetworking
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: n-yet-working
Sentence: No one quite understood what Brian did all day, but he was frequently seen corridor cruising with clipboard under his arm and dropping into offices for "urgent, critical" meetings that never achieved anything. He was excellent at nyetworking.
Etymology: nyet (no in Russian) + network + work
Points: 623
Comments: Nyetworking
wordmeister - 2007-05-01: 09:03:00
nyice!
purpleartichokes - 2007-05-01: 09:28:00
I like it too. Notworking would have worked (or not) as well, but this is more creative and describes shwirking.
Jabberwocky - 2007-05-01: 10:42:00
wish I had more votes to hand out today - very clever word and you can just imagine the cartoon character saying it
purpleartichokes - 2007-05-01: 10:59:00
OK Jabber - I'll give up one of mine.
purpleartichokes - 2007-05-01: 11:04:00
OK Jabber - I'll give up one of mine.