Malinger

"malinger" with such intensity of purpose, that I feared lest he would kill himself to spite us. ❋ Richard Francis Burton (1855)

I am not referring to those few who intentionally malinger, rather to the many for whom the benefits of a check, free time and no responsibility is distorting and poisoning that individual and also society. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But, within limits, they may loaf and malinger, and, as scabs, are exceeded by the machine, which never loafs or malingers, and which is the ideally perfect scab. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To shirk or malinger on the man who paid me my wages was a sin, first, against myself, and second, against him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'm trapped in my room mentally and physically, no dilly dallying about beaches to swim and wonderful pastries to be eaten, and the words are flowing and it feels great, as such I'll not malinger long here. ❋ Lauri (2010)

However, I do not wish to malinger here with my heavy baggage of complaint when I have in fact accepted the fate of my trade, and have supplemented my own joy by peddling texts to keep solvent. ❋ Kane X. Faucher (2010)

I favor a draft, if only to get my slacker malinger children out of my home (whether to Canada or into the Navy in order to avoid Iraq). ❋ Unknown (2007)

After all, a pissed off worker is more likely to make mistakes, malinger, or just leave. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A week earlier, I collapsed and had been taken to A&E by ambulance, where I'd also waited hours to be told there was nothing wrong and to make my own home like a malinger. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I expect that the sort who would malinger on the internet during working hours would probably not be hanging round here. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And is the diary an attempt to malinger or fake confusion and surprise over the daughter ` s disappearance? ❋ Unknown (2007)

The sad fact is that many people who would never be able to get a job due to mental illness, can nevertheless malinger as students for years. ❋ Frank Wilson (2007)

I've harped on this subject before, but it's a disgrace to the major record labels to malinger around with decade-old, if not older, Ring recordings when "minor" labels are attacking what must be the most daunting project imaginable. ❋ Patrick J. Smith (2007)

I wonder if this is one of those exhaustions that will magically disappear as soon as the children are spirited away by their father, or if it will malinger throughout the evening, leaving me here alone on a Friday night feeling dorky AND somewhat ill. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It is especially ironic that a major rite of passage moment occurs just when Harry is at his wimpiest: when the "Treed Trio" finally get some news on the radio, it is evident that everyone else is organizing resistance while they malinger. ❋ Walter Jon Williams (2007)

I think the malinger missed his feet but took out his balls on the richochet. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He tried to cover up the crime and malinger mental illness in jail to fellow inmates. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Member of the fire department who is [malingering] is also a load. I have to [wax] my car but to hell with riding a [fire truck]. ❋ Fire Dept Management (2007)

[Henry]: Where is Joe today? I can't believe [I'm stuck] covering one of his classes. Eric: He's probably [malingering]... ❋ King Of Inland (2008)

[Nurse] is [malingering] out of work, now his teammates have to pick up his [slack]. ❋ Pisceanaquifiel (2009)

[Dr]. Hanks-Sloan do be [malingering] in the [parking lot] today. ❋ Fluffy._.Eggshells (2022)

Guy 1: Hey can you [help me] [move on] over [the weekend]. Guy 2: Malinge? ❋ Nk7189 (2018)

I used to [get up] and be [excited] to go to [work], but now I'm happy being a malingerer. ❋ S. Ford (2006)

An example of someone being a [malingerer] "I won't be in today, after banging my [arm on] a door at work yesterday. The doctor said it's [not broken], but the pain feels like my elbows been shattered. It's even worse than last year, when the elephant broke loose from the circus and attacked me with his trunk. ❋ Bemused Team Member (2023)

That crazy white girl knows that my jacket looks like [Jay Z's]. She got [malinge'd] in front of [the whole crew]. ❋ ScreenNameFail (2011)