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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A deranged, psychotic, or morbidly obsessed person.

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  • noun slang A day off work due to (supposed) illness.

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Examples

  • Mr Dundon said the use of the "sickie" - faking an illness to have a day off - was exaggerated.

    WA Business News - Latest News 2008

  • (Admittedly, in December 2007, I was artificially low - I think I had some sort of flu so it depends on if I use that "sickie" number or what I normally was, a few pounds higher.)

    Leslie Goldman: Scaling Back 2009

  • Stamp had alibis for June 1 and 2 — Wynne had taken a two-day "sickie" in order to "make him look for a job" — and June 3 was his first opportunity to visit Grace.

    Disordered Minds Walters, Minette 2003

  • (I'd love to see a "sickie" Lullaboard for tracking fevers and medications in the future.)

    Mommies With Style 2010

  • Nation's biggest sickie day is tipped tomorrow TOMORROW'S the biggest 'sickie' day of the year as workers turn the one-day holiday into four.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Government's proposal to amend the current law so employers do not need to have proof when they suspect an employee of pulling a 'sickie' will not mean all staff will be asked to provide medical certificates every time they are sick, says Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson.

    National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand 2010

  • New TUC research smashes the myth that public servants are always on the lookout for an excuse to pull a 'sickie' and challenges claims that there are easy savings to be had from cracking down on absence in the public sector.

    Indymedia Ireland fw 2010

  • Bosses brace for Monday sickies before Australia Day holiday WA COMPANIES are bracing for the biggest "sickie" day of the year tomorrow as people plan to turn their Australia Day celebrations into a four-day weekend.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • New TUC research smashes the myth that public servants are always on the lookout for an excuse to pull a 'sickie' and challenges claims that there are easy savings to be had from cracking down on absence in the public sector.

    Indymedia Ireland fw 2010

  • New TUC research smashes the myth that public servants are always on the lookout for an excuse to pull a 'sickie' and challenges claims that there are easy savings to be had from cracking down on absence in the public sector.

    Indymedia Ireland fw 2010

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  • To drop a sickie - take a day off work, officially due to illness

    January 1, 2007

  • Alternatively, to chuck a sickie

    November 3, 2008