injelititis

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Needs detail on the "injel" part: jelling? jealousy? etc.”) Coined in 1957 by C. Northcote Parkinson, using -itis to denote a fictional complaint, as in e.g. imaginitis.

Parkinson combined the terms incompetence and jealousy into injelitence. The disease that results from this is injelititis.

Noun

injelititis (uncountable)

1. A notional disease that damages an organization, causing its employees to become frustrated, unmotivated, and/or jealously competitive.