Vote for the best verboticism.
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
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
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
Chacachacbambam
Created by: bobbythebuilder
Pronunciation: chaca-chac-bam-bam
Sentence: chacachacbambam is the best band ever.
Etymology:
Expediadotcon
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ex speedy yah dot kon
Sentence: Mary had a knack for getting additional vacation time every year. By faking dreadful symptoms and acting better than most Oscar winners, she was able to fool her boss into believing she was at death's doorstep and highly infectious. She definitely put the "con" in contagious. After she had set the stage, she flu off to exotic locales and enjoyed an expediadotcon vacation. One of these days, her boss would wise up and figure out that when Typhoid Mary came back from these illnesses, she had a tan. When that happened, she'd lose her job and she would only be able to afford to vacation in Puerto Backyardo!
Etymology: expedia.com(popular website for last minute cheaper vacations) & con (to deprive by deceit;hustle)
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
love Peurto Backyardo - Jabberwocky, 2008-10-01: 10:59:00
:) ! - metrohumanx, 2008-10-01: 13:29:00
Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-10-01: 18:13:00
----------------------------
Mockingitis
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: mawk - in - gi - tis
Sentence: A severe case of mockingitis could keep Steve away for days
Etymology: blend of mocking and meningitis
Fakecation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: fake-ca-shun
Sentence: Sara woke up feeling so good that she decided to take a couple fakecation days. Since she couldn't call in well, she faked being deathly ill. It was all working smoothly until she ran into her boss, who also felt too well to go to work, at the beach. "The doctor said I had to sit in the sun to cure my vitamin D deficiency," she lied. "Yeah, me too," said her boss. That was the end of the conversation and neither one of them ever mentioned it again.
Etymology: fake: false appearance; fraud + vacation: period of time devoted to pleasure, rest and relaxation
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-03-01: 13:46:00
cute - Nosila, 2010-03-01: 21:33:00
I think I'm going to add this word to my everyday vocabulary! - karenanne, 2010-03-02: 10:52:00
----------------------------
Analglaucomais
Created by: Justpeachyy
Pronunciation: Anal glau coma iss
Sentence: Yeah.. that's what I said, my boss bought my analglaucomais so let's ride!
Etymology: I dont SEE my ASS coming into work today
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
Great etymology - petaj, 2007-11-03: 07:18:00
----------------------------
Infakesion
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: in-FAKE-shun
Sentence: Judy's infakesion was contageous. She had invited Mark, Harriet, and Gary to go to the game that afternoon since she had won four tickets to the game. "It is a bug that's been going around," they all said.
Etymology: Who hasn't had a fake infection from time to time?
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-11-02: 15:20:00
Reminds me of the good one Oz expression, "to chuck a sickie." - OZZIEBOB, 2007-11-04: 16:24:00
----------------------------
Breda
Created by: icefoxgothic
Pronunciation: bra(long a)-da
Sentence: I never get vacations so I had to breda to my boss.
Etymology: Break-To pause or stop and day-like monday
Plaguegiarize
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: playg/jeea/rise
Sentence: Whenever Dan felt the urge to spend a lazy day relaxing on the beach he would plaguegiarize the current circulating virus and call in sick.
Etymology: plague + plagiarize
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