sickie

Pretend illness day

Sickie is informal British and Australian slang for a day taken off work, typically by feigning illness.

To pull a sickie or throw a sickie is to call in sick when you're not actually unwell, usually to enjoy a day of leisure.

The term can also refer to the person taking such a day, though this use is less common.

It carries a mildly mischievous connotation rather than serious disapproval.

faking

skiving

Evading work or duty

pullingForce toward oneself
chuckingThrowing carelessly
throwingPropelling by arm motion

faking · feigning · malingering · shirking · dodging · bunking · wagging · pretending · goldbricking · slacking

excuse

alibi

Defense of location

pretextFabricated motive concealing truth
storyAccount of events
fibTrivial, harmless falsehood

lie · fabrication · cover-up · justification · evasion · whopper · tale · invention · dodge · ploy

absence

leave

Sanctioned time away

absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
no-showOne who fails to appear
time-offSanctioned absence from work

unscheduled · unauthorized · hooky · truancy

workplace

shift

Movement or work period

officeProfessional work location
jobPaid position of employment
bossWorkplace superior

manager · HR · coworker · deadline · Monday · Friday · hangover · burnout · workload · roster

Categories

Aussie slangarvo, bogan, brekkie, chook, cobber

Opposites

legitimacy of absence

sickiemedical leave

Absence due to illness

medical emergency · hospitalization

work attendance

sickieperfect attendance

Never missing a day

showing up · clocking in · dedication · reliability · presenteeism

Phrases

get sickBecome unwell
sick and tiredThoroughly weary of something
sick dayPaid absence for illness
worried sickIntensely anxious to illness
morning sicknessPregnancy-related nausea
sick leaveAuthorized absence when unwell

Family

sick, sickness, sickly, sickening, sicken, homesick, seasick, carsick, heartsick

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