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DEFINITION: v., To create the impression that you are deathly ill and represent a potentially lethal bio-hazard risk, so that your boss will ask you to "take the next couple of days off". n., A faked illness.
Verboticisms
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Callinginshtick
Created by: astorey
Pronunciation: call-ing-in-sh-tik
Sentence: Avery was a diligent worker with a good sense of responsibility, but when her college roommates showed up on Thursday for a weekend of fun, she couldn't resist pulling the old callinginshtick. After trolling through plausible sudden and severe illnesses in her head, Avery settled on a urinary tract infection, figuring the gross-out factor would preclude her boss from exposing her callinginshtick. She was right.
Etymology: Calling in sick, changed to incorporate shtick, a Yiddish word that means a comic theme or gimmick.
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! That AVERY was a genius. You , too. :) - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:42:00
Good one...or mention any kind of female problems and they back away like you've got Bubomic Plague... - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:01:00
Meant Bubonic...though you could feel very explosive! - Nosila, 2008-10-01: 22:01:00
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Illemanate
Created by: clarion
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Yeah, he totally illemanated the situation, and now he's taking an extra week's paid vacation while I'm stuck at the office doing all his work!
Etymology: ill- sickness and emanate- to send forth
Contrafalsphlegma
Created by: NeuroGlyph
Pronunciation: Con-trah-falz-fleg-muh
Sentence: Contrafalsphlegma cannot be created nor destroyed...so...if a patient who insists they have it, they should ought to have a brain scan.
Etymology: CONTRA ~ against/opposite FALS ~ deceive PHLEGMA ~ inflammation
Workalitis
Created by: aiiden
Pronunciation: work-uh-lite-is
Sentence: I've got workalitis today Jimbo, I'm not going into the office, I'm drinkin at the beach.
Etymology: workalate =(to go to work) itis=(some form of sickness)
Mafingering
Created by: Whittier
Pronunciation: muh-FING-grr-rihng
Sentence: I told my boss the trip to Aruba was for a medical procedure, but I was just mafingering.
Etymology: malingering + giving the finger to the boss
Hepalietis
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Hep-a-LIE-tis
Sentence: JIm's not here yet, I wonder if he's got hepalietis?
Etymology: Hepatitis + LIE
Trake
Created by: FreakoSpeako
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I had to trake my boss today.
Etymology:
Ergbola
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: urg-bowl-ah
Sentence: She woke up with a wicked case of ergbola, compounded by an overwhelming need to feel the sand between her toes and the sun on her face.
Etymology: erg, ebola
Inventedluenza
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: in-vent-ed-lou-enz-ah
Sentence: Kimberly suspected her co-worker had come down with a case of inventedluenza when she saw her coworker had updated her facebook status several times about shopping and going out on the town, which was strange since they lived in a village.
Etymology: invented (to make up or fabricate) + influenza (common disease)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram and svnfsvn. Thank you remistram and svnfsvn! ~ James'
Thanks to everyone for joining me at our Blog Party yesterday to celebrate Verbotomy's first birthday. It was a lot of fun. Thanks! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram svnfsvn. Thank you remistram svnfsvn. ~ James