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Pretendonitis 

When you hear a loud, high pitched noise but theres really nothing wrong with you
On The Office, Jim and Pam would hum the same high pitched note until Dwight called the ear doctor for an appointment. They called it pretendonitis.
Pretendonitis by Abanasi October 9, 2008

Pretendonitis 

What retarded people use as an excuse to get out of doing any kind of physical activity or therapy
“Sorry coach, I have a severe case of pretendonitis so I CAN’T play dodgeball!”

Pretendinitis 

The humming of two high pitched frequencies voiced simultaneously by persons to the dismay of a third colleague/associate resulting in an appointment with an ear doctor.
He came down with Pretendinitis and had to leave work early.

pretendinitis 

classic way that runners fake an injury. It's a pseudo-injury that afflicts lazy athletes who use it to get out of running practice. They tell their coach that they can't run because they have "tendinitis."
"I heard you have pretendinitis."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you bs'ed your coach to get out of the long workout. You claimed that you had tendonitis, even though you're clearly fine and just pretending."

pretendinitis 

The pain and discomfort endured while having a tedious conversation, usually the result of long periods of smiling and nodding. Facial muscles can be eased periodically with generic comments such as "Oh really?", "Uh-huh", and "That's crazy."
Pretty long, I started to get pretendinitis
pretendinitis by sugartees August 3, 2010

Pretentionitis 

To be suffering from trying to seem more important or significant than you really are. Similar to pretentious
Person 1: Is Peter coming to the party later?
Person 2: Na'h, he 's got pretentionitis and he's being a dick lately.
Pretentionitis by SneakySsssssss February 13, 2018
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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