Sunday, February 20, 2011

malinger

malinger

muh-LING-guhr \  , intransitive verb;


1. To feign or exaggerate illness or inability in order to avoid duty or work.

Now I know the word for what takes up the bulk of my time. But you don't just malinger to avoid that project your boss wants you to work on. Men need to malinger on a number of things, including the his and her baby shower I was invited to a few months back. A lovely couple, to be sure, and although the baby (born since the invitation) is more likely to scare the dog before winning any baby model awards from Gerber I'm sure he will grow up to be an upstanding tax payer.

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