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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.
Verboticisms
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Offaldodge
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: OF-UHL-doj
Sentence: At the first sign of any worthless rubbish, two-minute-old trash, household garbage or scraps of meat not worth getting upset about, offaldodging Bob would turn a whiter shade of pale. Ready to do all sorts of things and make numerous excuses to avoid any task he thought even a little unpleasant, this offaldodger thought that he fooled others. However, everyone quickly saw it as nothing more than an obvious offaldodge.
Etymology: OFFAL:waste parts,refuse,rubbish, garbage; inedible parts of a butchered animal DODGE: evade obligation by cunning, trickery.
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COMMENTS:
Well that's just awful. - Mustang, 2008-06-18: 08:10:00
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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
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)
Decapability
Created by: metapsyche
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Cleaning the toilet is my decapability.
Etymology: de (removed) + capability (ability to perform a task) = Intentional and self-imposed incapability
Handycap
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hannn dee kap
Sentence: No matter what the situation, he always managed to have a handycap handy
Etymology: handicap, handy
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COMMENTS:
Does he get a special parking spot? Good Word. - Nosila, 2009-10-13: 10:15:00
love it!! - mweinmann, 2009-10-13: 23:34:00
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Deliberignorance
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: dĭ-lĭb'ər-ĭg'nər-əns
Sentence: Like many teen-agers, Jacob's deliberignorance with respect to chores as common as washing dishes and doing his own laundry was transparent.
Etymology: delibber, slang for an anti-feminist; Berignor, french-gaelic var. on the name 'Berringer;' Rance, Ron Howard's brother.
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COMMENTS:
Yup. As a teen my son was very deliberignorant too. - lumina, 2008-06-18: 12:31:00
like it - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-18: 16:55:00
Deliberia! - Nosila, 2008-06-19: 00:38:00
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Antiskill
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: antiskill
Sentence: I have the antiskill to work.
Etymology: anti + skill = antiskill. ........ ............... .............. the ant is killed.
Chorallergic
Created by: ekath
Pronunciation: chore-allergic
Sentence: hes both chorallergic to weeding and allergic to the flowers. garden duty isn't a very good assignment for him.
Etymology: chore + allergic
Plinkadunk
Created by: curegrrl6
Pronunciation: Plink - uh - dunk
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Plinkadunk, you'll get drunk! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:49:00
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