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DEFINITION: To be physically overcome by a sudden illness, disability, or even death when asked to participate in unrewarding activities -- like work, or household chores.
Verboticisms
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Comapossify
Created by: fyaishar
Pronunciation: COMA poss efie
Sentence: Johnathan Frackeiss the hobocaveman wanted to watch the Sunday Night Football game on Pay-per-view, but his wife/sister wanted him to fix the dented trash can in their alley. (What would the neighbors think?) In order to avoid work, he comapossified himself right next to a dead squirrel. Thinking that Johnathan was doing business with the squirrel she allowed him not to do the work and then commited suicide the end.
Etymology: coma(tose)+(play)poss(um)+ify
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COMMENTS:
A filigliberotsmatation is the unsimplification of a simple word. - fyaishar, 2007-07-12: 20:18:00
Ignore the above. I just figured out the rules of the game. - fyaishar, 2007-07-12: 20:36:00
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Necrochore
Created by: hairydoginparis
Pronunciation: Neigh-crow-chore
Sentence: The man collapsed of necrochore when asked to do the laundry and the dishes.
Etymology: necro(the dead)+chore(household work)
Yardshirk
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: yard/shurk
Sentence: Everytime there was yard work to be done, he did the yardshirk
Etymology: shirk + yard work
Jobbled
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: job-bulled
Sentence: Her husband would have loved to help, but the mere thought of grasping the toilet brush made him jobbled.
Etymology: job, hobbled
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:20:00
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Ishirk
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: eye-shirk
Sentence: Harold discovered that by always wearing a headset and avoiding eye contact with his parents, he was able to ishirk any chore that would have otherwise fallen to him. His "wait until this song is finished" lament finally destroyed his father's determination to compel him to action, leaving the poor old guy a shadow of his former (pre-having-a-teenager) self!
Etymology: ipod + shirk
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COMMENTS:
Would anyone guess that I've got one of these at home? - administraitor, 2007-07-12: 12:17:00
I feel your pain. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-12: 12:52:00
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Dedra
Created by: rahullotli
Pronunciation: dad-ra
Sentence: stop being dedra
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
good word - rahullotli, 2007-07-14: 13:58:00
cool - rahullotli, 2007-07-14: 13:58:00
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Pretead
Created by: weareallbeautiful
Pronunciation: p-ruh-t-eh-d
Sentence: Every time he was asked to take out the garbage Zack was pretead.
Etymology: pretend+dead
Dethrilliwaition
Created by: HALibut
Pronunciation: Di-thril-i-weyt-shuhn
Sentence: Larry's eyes opened and slowly came into focus on the calendar faintly illuminated through the shades. Realizing it was employee review day he was stricken with a sudden and paralyzing dethrilliwation, fortunately he was able to move his arm just far enough to once again hit the snooze button.
Etymology: De(reduced) + thrill + wait + ion(condition)
Comments:
HALibut - 2007-07-12: 00:47:00
Dethrilliwaition
HALibut - 2007-07-12: 00:51:00
oop
rikboyee - 2007-07-12: 01:45:00
as verbotomists...surely we need to think up a word for 'accidently entering your word in the comment box'
How about verbotogaffe?
rikboyee - 2007-07-12: 04:52:00
or wrongspotomy
Good one! Maybe dysboxia describes it, or commentouch.
purpleartichokes - 2007-07-12: 07:07:00
boxnix
purpleartichokes - 2007-07-12: 07:53:00
commentose?
galwaywegian - 2007-07-12: 07:58:00
verblitch?
purpleartichokes - 2007-07-12: 08:56:00
boxlexic?
jadenguy - 2007-07-12: 10:38:00
boxnative dissonance?
purpleartichokes - 2007-07-12: 10:46:00
enturd?
Kyoti - 2007-07-12: 10:57:00
Quadrilateraccidental? ;))
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-12: 11:46:00
how about commenterry?
purpleartichokes - 2007-07-12: 12:45:00
verratumy?
HALibut - 2007-07-12: 12:53:00
lmbo
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-12: 14:24:00
sorry - it must seem as if we're making you the HALibut of our jokes. We're only having pun
HALibut - 2007-07-12: 21:15:00
np, I had it coming, commentose gmv, always bugs me there's no way to delete accidental comments :-( lol
Rossco - 2007-08-10: 15:05:00
Blurbgate?