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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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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)

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Selectskills

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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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

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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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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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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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Dishidence

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dish id ens

Sentence: When Jake's Mom asked him to tidy up and load the dishwasher after the 6 meals he ate at home each day, he reacted with dishidence. His mother, fed up with his laziness and failure to contribute financially to all these meals, placed an embargo on his activities by putting a padlock on the fridge and pantry cupboards. They could only be unlocked in exchange for chores performed around the house and getting out of bed before the crack of noon.

Etymology: Dishes (chore of washing crockery after each meal) & Dissidence (resistance/disagreement with existing rules/government;express opposition through action or words)

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Conchoreshun

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: con/chor/shun

Sentence: Conchoreshun is the ability to snake around undesirable tasks in a seemingly innocent manner

Etymology: contort + chore + shun

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COMMENTS:

if you sign up for my chorenography class you will always know the right conchoreshun moves - porsche, 2007-03-29: 11:10:00

Owing to my protaskination and shirkmastery mixed with decapability, your classes would probably only highlight my chorepalsy. - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 12:10:00

developing Conchoreshun is a real talent - ther will always be a use for it somewhere! - ajcor, 2007-03-29: 17:26:00

Very witty. Deserves much love. - Bulletchewer, 2007-03-29: 18:49:00

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