[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 31 Aug. 2025.

The Effin’ Word, s.v. “malinger”, accessed August 31, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/malinger.

The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Malinger. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved August 31, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/malinger


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