throwing a sickie
Feigning workplace malady
Throwing a sickie is taking a day off work by falsely claiming to be ill.
The phrase is British and Australian slang, usually implying a minor deception rather than serious fraud: I'm throwing a sickie tomorrow—I need a mental health day.
The sickie is the fake sick day itself.
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
- duvet dayLeave for lounging
- lyingStating known falsehoods
- white lieHarmless minor falsehood
- stress reliefReduction of mental tension
leave-taking · malingering · pretense · colloquialisms · bluffing · mental health day · personal day · idiomatic expressions · falsehood · social expectations · shirking · burnout prevention · skiving · fabrication · duplicity · doctor's note · time theft · workplace ethics
throwing a sickiegoing to work
Traveling to employment
clocking in · reporting for duty · turning up · perfect attendance
throwing a sickieperfect attendance
Never missing a day
going above and beyond · soldiering on · presenteeism · workaholism · burning the midnight oil
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