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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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Chorepunk
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: chor-punk
Sentence: "Doug claims that if he takes Fido out for a walk he might accidentally lose him. He is such a chorepunk."
Etymology: chore; punk
Igknowlazy
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: ig-no-lay-z
Sentence: Lou Noeclue, had an igknowlazy attitude that his drove his Mother crazy!
Etymology: Ignorant~resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or awareness. Know~To perceive as familiar; recognize. Lazy~not inclined to work or exertion.
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COMMENTS:
Ignorant~resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or awareness. Know~To perceive as familiar; recognize. Lazy~not inclined to work or exertion. - abrakadeborah, 2011-03-05: 13:45:00
It has been so long...it seems I have forgotten where to place things on here. I'm Sorry about that. I placed my "Etymology" in the comments section. lol! :)) I've kind of missed this site! Keep smiling everybody~ xo - abrakadeborah, 2011-04-08: 02:26:00
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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)
Idontdoitis
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: eye doant dooo eye tiss
Sentence: his idontdoitis started with the garbage, but quickly spread to the kitchen and bathroom, and would have gotten more serious if not for the fact that she started showing symptoms which started in the bedroom
Etymology: i dont do mondays/laundromats etc
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COMMENTS:
Best one I've read so far. Lovin' the -itis suffix making it sound like a disease. I suffer something similar- skivitis. 'Tis terrible. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-29: 11:34:00
funny - but I've run out of points - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 16:08:00
I like it as well. I frequently suffer from idontwantosis. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-29: 20:12:00
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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
Procrasticap
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /pɹəˈkɹæstiˌkæp/
Sentence: The trick to picking a good roommate is not in finding one who is willing to do any chore but rather in finding one whose procrasticaps do not coincide with yours.
Etymology: From procrastinate + handicap
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COMMENTS:
I almost went with "Apathetes' heel." - ErWenn, 2007-03-29: 08:25:00
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Inavoid
Created by: arlouxo
Pronunciation: in/na/voïd
Sentence: "You're such an inavoid!" "I'm not inavoiding this, it's just true!"
Etymology: a mix of "incompetence" and "avoidance".
Willitterant
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: will lit tur ant
Sentence: Will's mother was usually driven to frustration by her teenage son. Will was willitterant when it came to doing chores around the home, especially garbage detail. He would feign ignorance and pretend he had never done it before or know how. Much drama ensued. It was quite ironic that in his early twenties, Will became a Waste Management Engineer and earned $40 per hour hauling away other people's trash.
Etymology: Will (a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention) & Litter (rubbish, trash, garbage) & Avoidant (state of deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening)& Rant (a bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion)
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
Gaptitude
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /GAP-ti-tood/
Sentence: When George got home from work, the digital clocks were all blinking. "There was a power outage," said Angie. George had shown her how to set the clocks many times, but she had a real gaptitude for programming any sort of electronic device. Then she said, "Oh, and please set the TV to record my soap-opera, that dancing show, Big Brother..." etc. As George was finishing that he said, "You know it's not actually the TV that's doing the recording, right?" For a moment, she just looked perplexed. Then he couldn't see her face, because the power went out again.
Etymology: Gap - a lack of confidence or understanding, perceived as creating a problem (from Old Norse, gap "chasm") + Aptitude - capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent (from Latin, aptus "joined, fitted") [Gaptitude - a certain lack of ability]
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COMMENTS:
Perfectly funny! - lumina, 2008-06-18: 12:30:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-18: 16:58:00
Very good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:50:00
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