sickien.

Brit.

/ˈsɪki/, U.S.

/ˈsɪki/

Forms: Also sicky.

Etymology: < sick adj. and n. + -ie suffix.

1. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. A day's sick leave, usually taken without sufficient medical reason.

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society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > day's sick leave

sickie1953

1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake 11 Now and then there would be one or more off on a sickie—they changed their jobs so frequently that they never let their sick leave accumulate.

1959 D. Hewett Bobbin Up (1961) viii. 108 She wished she could take a sickie tomorrer, but it was payday.

1969 Telegraph (Brisbane) 28 Oct. 8/2 If we don't feel just right we don't go up. We have a ‘sickie’ and everyone understands.

1974 N.Z. Woman's Weekly 8 July 5/3 Because of the nature of the work it was impossible to plan time off for social functions at short notice. As a result a small percentage of cabin crew staff resorted to ‘sickies’.

1981 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 Sept. 5/2 A part-time fireman's sense of duty cost him his job after he answered an emergency call when he was taking a ‘sickie’ from work.

2. North American slang. One who is mentally ill or (regarded as) perverted. Also attributive or as adj.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun]

neuropath1887

ding-dong1929

pathological1931

nutcake1953

nut job1959

sicknik1959

nutball1968

sickie1973

sicko1977

wackadoo1979

wackadoodle1991

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [noun] > sexual behaviour regarded as unconventional or unacceptable > person

pervert1856

freak1923

perv1948

secko1949

kinky1950

paraphiliac1958

paraphilic1962

prevert1962

kink1965

nonce1971

sickie1973

sicko1977

pervo1978

1973 Ottawa Jrnl. 1 Aug. 34/2 I hope she gets professional help because these sickies usually get worse, not better.

1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird (1975) x. 135 ‘Shall I..make it clear..I'm a sickie?’ ‘No!..this—ailment of yours..it's an expression of some deep~seated conflict.’

1975 Chronicle-Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 2 Aug. 26/2 Dade County's entire homicide squad was mobilized..to search for a ‘sickie’ who murdered two attractive young women.

1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. vii. 3/2 A sickie Army lieutenant who tries to run off with the reporter's daughter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sickie
释义	sickien. Brit. /ˈsɪki/, U.S. /ˈsɪki/ Forms: Also sicky. Etymology: < sick adj. and n. + -ie suffix. 1. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. A day's sick leave, usually taken without sufficient medical reason. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > day's sick leave sickie1953 1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake 11 Now and then there would be one or more off on a sickie—they changed their jobs so frequently that they never let their sick leave accumulate. 1959 D. Hewett Bobbin Up (1961) viii. 108 She wished she could take a sickie tomorrer, but it was payday. 1969 Telegraph (Brisbane) 28 Oct. 8/2 If we don't feel just right we don't go up. We have a ‘sickie’ and everyone understands. 1974 N.Z. Woman's Weekly 8 July 5/3 Because of the nature of the work it was impossible to plan time off for social functions at short notice. As a result a small percentage of cabin crew staff resorted to ‘sickies’. 1981 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 Sept. 5/2 A part-time fireman's sense of duty cost him his job after he answered an emergency call when he was taking a ‘sickie’ from work. 2. North American slang. One who is mentally ill or (regarded as) perverted. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] neuropath1887 ding-dong1929 pathological1931 nutcake1953 nut job1959 sicknik1959 nutball1968 sickie1973 sicko1977 wackadoo1979 wackadoodle1991 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [noun] > sexual behaviour regarded as unconventional or unacceptable > person pervert1856 freak1923 perv1948 secko1949 kinky1950 paraphiliac1958 paraphilic1962 prevert1962 kink1965 nonce1971 sickie1973 sicko1977 pervo1978 1973 Ottawa Jrnl. 1 Aug. 34/2 I hope she gets professional help because these sickies usually get worse, not better. 1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird (1975) x. 135 ‘Shall I..make it clear..I'm a sickie?’ ‘No!..this—ailment of yours..it's an expression of some deep~seated conflict.’ 1975 Chronicle-Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 2 Aug. 26/2 Dade County's entire homicide squad was mobilized..to search for a ‘sickie’ who murdered two attractive young women. 1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. vii. 3/2 A sickie Army lieutenant who tries to run off with the reporter's daughter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953
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