Verboticisms

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: job-struck-shun

Sentence: when ever the dishes need doing, i start to suffer from a serious jobstruction

Etymology: job, obstruction

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I guess it depends on the shirkumstances... - Discoveria, 2007-03-29: 09:29:00

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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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Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation: select-skill

Sentence: Nnot being able to take out the garbage do to lack of knowledge is a selct skill

Etymology: Like selective hearing.

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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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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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Created by: mana1066

Pronunciation: lay-zig-quece

Sentence: My old roomate seemed to come up with a new lazigcuse every day as the chores piled up.

Etymology: lazy+ignore+excuse

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Created by: sedatedeyes209

Pronunciation: tahsk-knee-see-yah

Sentence: My husband's tasknesia sets in whenever I ask him to mow the lawn.

Etymology: task+amnesia

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COMMENTS:

like it! - galwaywegian, 2007-03-29: 06:39:00

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Created by: CharlieB

Pronunciation: in-com-pre-tense

Sentence: Marcus expended more effort on his displays of incompretence than he would have done on actually finishing off his chores. He was a real laboor.

Etymology: incompetence (lack of ability) + pretence (the act of pretending; a false claim)

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Created by: ArtistInTraining

Pronunciation: EM-ple-on

Sentence: my husband can be an empleon when he 'doesn't know' how to wash the car.

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Created by: Jaxies

Pronunciation: /pro-kras-ti-laze-ay-shun/

Sentence: "I can't tidy up my room - I suffer from procrastilazation, which makes doing mundane tasks very painful."

Etymology: Procrastination + lazy

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sel act ivi tees

Sentence: "How is it your selactivities defy logic?" Mary asked her family. "I work all day and come home to a mess. For instance, You, my son, Freddie, can pull apart and reassemble a car engine in ten minutes flat, but do not know how to replace the toilet roll or paper towel holders. You, my daughter, Susie, can shop until you drop at the Mall for things you don't need, but cannot find the grocery store and get something for supper. And, You, John, my aerospace husband, can design and utilize the Canadarm for NASA, but do not know how to operate a vacuum or lawnmower!"

Etymology: Selective ( tending to select; characterized by careful choice) & Activities (exertions of energy or states or qualities of being active)

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COMMENTS:

Love it! Every family has a selactist! - lumina, 2008-06-18: 12:29:00

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:36:00

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