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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.
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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
Impedimeant
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: IMPEDIment+MEANT
Sentence: The only thing he exercises is his imagination coming up with impedimeants to get out of doing any worthwhile work.
Etymology: IMPEDIment+MEANT
Flexibull
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: flex + ih + bull
Sentence: He's pretty flexibull, you'd be amazed at all the things he can't figure out how to do.
Etymology: flexible + bull
Chorellenged
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: chor - lenjd
Sentence: Marjorie was brilliant and physically fit but she was severely chorellenged. When it came to doing household tasks, she would feign ignorance and fleeting pains in her arms, legs and abdomen.
Etymology: chore, challenged
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COMMENTS:
Choreiffic - Nosila, 2009-10-13: 20:05:00
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Litterllergic
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: lit-er-lerj-ik
Sentence: Greg was the atypical litterllregic teen. Able to live in his own s**t bur clean it up??? C'mon get real!
Etymology: litter - rubbish, refuse, garbage; allergic - averse to
Mykid
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: my kid
Sentence: this is not a moron, it is my kid.
Etymology: my kid.
Protaskination
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: proh/task/tuh/ney/shun
Sentence: Protaskination always overtakes me when it is time to clean the toilet and change the cat litter.
Etymology: procrastination + task
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COMMENTS:
great word!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 08:49:00
Nice one! - jedijawa, 2007-03-30: 05:53:00
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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)
Yuckduck
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: yəkdək
Sentence: Ron is a very happy person. A good part of this is because he is very skilled at avoiding unpleasant situations and tasks. Whenever his mom comes up with something ugly or disgusting that needs to be done, Ron can yuckduck it in a flash. Like the proverbial ninja, he seems to be able to hide in his own shadow. The phrase of **where did that boy go?** is often heard in his household.
Etymology: yuck (exclamation used to express strong distaste or disgust) + duck (evade or avoid)
