[muh-LING-guhr]
intrans
verb. To feign or exaggerate illness or inability in order to avoid duty or work.
If I were being deployed to that shithole Iraq, I’d start malingering the minute the assholes told me.
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Modern Language Association (MLA Style)
Malinger. The Effin Word, The Effin Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/malinger. Accessed 9 May 2025.
The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago Style)
The Effin Word, s.v. malinger, accessed May 9, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/malinger.
American Psychological Association (APA Style)
The Effin Word. (n.d.). Malinger. In The Effin Word. Retrieved May 9, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/malinger