Verboticism: Workastallic

'It's all strategic positioning.'

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.

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Workastallic

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: wurk/a/stahl/ik

Sentence: Jim was such a workastallic that, while giving the impression that he never let go of a project, he was in fact seriously stalling (and checking out verbotomy on the side)

Etymology: workaholic + stall

Points: 560

Comments: Workastallic

pinwheel - 2007-05-01: 06:37:00
Oh yes.. that's good!