pulling a sickie
Feigning workplace sickness
Pulling a sickie is British and Australian slang for calling in sick to work when you're not actually ill—taking a fake sick day.
The phrase implies mild deception rather than serious fraud: I'm pulling a sickie tomorrow to go to the beach.
The noun sickie means a fraudulent sick day.
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
- lyingStating known falsehoods
- white lieHarmless minor falsehood
- slacking offNeglecting responsibilities deliberately
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
malingering · mental health day · personal day · fabrication · playing hooky · trickery · exaggeration · bunk off · pretense · duvet day · workplace ethics · skiving · time theft · fraudulence · deceitfulness · falsehood · manipulation · work-life balance
pulling a sickieshowing up
Arriving at a place
turning up · soldiering on · clocking in · perfect attendance · presenteeism
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