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'But I don't know how to take out the garbage!'

DEFINITION: n. A specialized inability, or area of "chosen incompetency", based on an individual's need to avoid certain unpleasant tasks. v. To avoid responsibility by claiming incompetence.

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Imbeskill

Created by: ShaggE

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I used my imbeskill to avoid cleaning the kitchen.

Etymology: Imbecile+ Skill

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COMMENTS:

Good thinking! - wordmeister, 2007-03-31: 17:31:00

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Incompretence

Created by: Discoveria

Pronunciation: In-com-pree-tense

Sentence: Jack's incompretence fooled everyone except his mother, who was not convinced by his excuse that he could play tennis left-handed instead of taking out the trash.

Etymology: Incompetence + pretence

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COMMENTS:

Very good!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-29: 10:25:00

I like it. - ErWenn, 2007-03-29: 15:24:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 16:03:00

Very clever! - jedijawa, 2007-03-30: 05:51:00

Love it! I've been incomptretent many a time! - simplysimon, 2007-04-02: 10:10:00

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Eschorew

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: es/chohr/oo

Sentence: Joe had to have an inventive and creative mind to come up with daily excuses to eschorew that which his mother had lined up throughout his summer vacation.

Etymology: ESCHOREW - verb - from ESCHEW (to shun; to avoid) + CHORE (a hard, or unpleasant task)

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COMMENTS:

Scooby Dooby Do eschorew? - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-18: 10:08:00

I consider "eschore" but "eschorew" is much better. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:40:00

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Workastallic

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: work/a/stall/ik

Sentence: A workastallic never runs out of excuses for putting off chores.

Etymology: workaholic + stall

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Protrashtination

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: pro/trash/tin/ay/shun

Sentence: Billy's protrashtination resulted in his room looking like a garbage dump.

Etymology: trash + procrastination

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COMMENTS:

Omg...love it! ha - lumina, 2008-06-18: 12:27:00

OMG it's TDF, if you are OACG! (It's to Die for if you are over a certain age! - Nosila, 2008-06-19: 00:43:00

Very good word - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:41:00

Good word. I guess it left Billy down in the dumps. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:45:00

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Canesthesia

Created by: urbanwookie

Pronunciation: kan-es-thee-see-ah

Sentence: Whenever there was anything that needed doing, Joe was a usually found to be in a state of canesthesia

Etymology: can (able to) + anesthesia (loss of awareness)

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Circumevent

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sir kum eev ent

Sentence: Brad was able to make garbage day a circumevent until he discovered one day that the new Waste Engineer was a cute chick. While she worked all summer taking away refuse, he volunteered to take out the family's garbage. But once September came around, he was back to his old tricks. She had gone back to school and there was no longer any eye candy removing his trash.

Etymology: Circumvent ( avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) & Event ( something that happens at a given place and time;a special set of circumstances)

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Immateurish

Created by: Loreshai

Pronunciation: Im-mat-your-ish

Sentence: Jake couldn't handle the news about the higgs boson because he was immateurish.

Etymology: immature - inexperienced due to youth v amateur - non professional.

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Chorepalsy

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: chore-pall-see

Sentence: Billy would come down with chorepalsy every time his mom would ask him to do anything around the house, claiming inability to do the task.

Etymology: chore (task) + palsy (paralysis or condition)

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Vexpertise

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: vecks-per-TEES

Sentence: Although Josh was horrible at all the household chores, Ellen soon learned that his area of vexpertise was doing the dishes. Once he "did" them, they never needed to be done again.

Etymology: vex + expertise

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