Verboticisms

Created by: rexcausey

Pronunciation: vi-rawl-loo-zhuh-n

Sentence: Robbie cleverly came up with a virallusion when he found out his favorite pro baseball team made it to the World Series.

Etymology: Virallusion is noun derived from the words 1.) virus(Any of various extremely small, often disease-causing agents) and 2.) illusion(something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality)

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good word - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:02:00

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Created by: Lyokia

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Sentence: When Mattie wanted to skip the major presentation at work she came down with a fluiaral.

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Created by: tumblebehr

Pronunciation: Reh plah ih la cayt

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Created by: ahniwa

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Etymology: Fever + ruse.

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Created by: jdurham777

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Sentence: Since I had used up all my vacation, I had to resort to my 'trick knee,' call my boss and medifabulate to get the week off.

Etymology: Medi - (n) relating to the management of physical disorder fabulate (v) to lie. 3rd century Rome, when the senatorial archives record a spike in the number of soldiers claiming illness to avoid duty.

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Created by: mmmagique

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: sel yu LIE tis

Sentence: When Larry called into work and said he couldn't get out of bed because he had cellulietis, that was technically accurate, since he WAS using his CELL phone to LIE about not coming in. The "couldn't get out of bed" part was because his long-distance girlfriend was visiting!

Etymology: cellulitis + lie

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Created by: thebaron

Pronunciation: an-thrax-a-fak-ing

Sentence: Bob put on a good show, but all his co-workers knew he was just anthraxafaking.

Etymology: anthrax (deadly infection) fake (pretend)

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Created by: afehnel2

Pronunciation: Sick-as-a-dog

Sentence: "I would come into work today but I can't because my doctor says I have Sickasadog. It's contagious."

Etymology: Sick- not feeling well As a dog- Dogs get real sick

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: môrtalətempərerē

Sentence: Jim’s condition was classified as mortalitempory. As he described it to his boss, he was near death but miraculously recovered once the work day was done.

Etymology: mortality (the state of being subject to death) + temporary (lasting for only a limited period of time)

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