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    [Verb]  | "ma*lin*ger" | \ mə-ˈliŋ-gər \


    1: to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)


    Origin: 1820 ;

     French malingre sickly;

    [Noun]  | "malingerer" 


    1: as in slacker, dodger;


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    2: as in complainer, whiner;


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    [Verb]  | "malinger" 


    1: to pretend to be sick or injured in order to avoid doing work;


      * e.g., " ... Because of his frequent absences, his boss suspected he was malingering. "





     [ "malingerer" ]

    1: An individual who will do and say anything to get out of work.

      * e.g.,  ... I used to get up and be excited to go to work, but now I'm happy being a malingerer. 

     [ "Malingerer" ]

    1: Someone who has a habit of lurking (be lingering around for no reason) maliciously.

      * e.g.,  ... Damn, why is she standing here with her mouth open and not contributing to the conversation, she is such a malingerer. 

     [ "Malingerer" ]

    1: Someone who will do absolutely anything to get out of work. No shame is attached to any excuse, no matter how ridiculous.

      * e.g.,  ... An example of someone being a malingerer 


     [ "Malingerer" ]

    2: Also known as 'Doing a Simon'!

      * e.g.,  ... "I won't be in today, after banging my arm on a door at work yesterday. The doctor said it's not broken, but the pain feels like my elbows been shattered. It's even worse than last year, when the elephant broke loose from the circus and attacked me with his trunk. 

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