Verboticisms

Created by: MisUndrstd

Pronunciation: Ch-ore-voi-dance

Sentence: My cousin Vinnie (you know the one from Bronx) was a master at Chorevoidance when his wife Mary Theresa asked him to do something.

Etymology: Chore+ Avoidance= Chorevoidance.

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: grime-reept

Sentence: Gemma felt she had become a grimereaper when her fourth husband dropped dead after she asked him to clear the table. Eerily, her previous three husbands had also fallen gravely ill and died when confronted with simple household chores.

Etymology: From old Aleutian "grymereept" used to describe lazy men who'd spend all day reading crime novels ignoring the litter, dirty crockery and food scraps piling up around them. It is completely coincidental that it is reminiscent of the "Grim Reaper".

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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

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Created by: mysti

Pronunciation: Azz-liz-em

Sentence: I think daddy is suffering from azlism again!

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Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: yard/shurk

Sentence: Everytime there was yard work to be done, he did the yardshirk

Etymology: shirk + yard work

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: work/o/lep/sy

Sentence: When things need to be done you can count on his workolepsy disorder to kick in.

Etymology: work + narcolepsy

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COMMENTS:

like it! - galwaywegian, 2007-07-12: 08:02:00

Now that's a word I can use. - ChristopherAndersen, 2007-07-31: 17:49:00

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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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Created by: KristinA

Pronunciation: sloth-E-uh

Sentence: She named her family's slothia as her reason for hiring a maid service.

Etymology: "sloth" for 1) the slow, if not motionless, characteristics of the animal and 2) the adjective meaning messy + "ia" for the condition thereof

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Created by: cinta1

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Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: ma lay zee

Sentence: Dad always said he had a bad case of the malaisy. His tincture was 1182 ccs of Olde English, coupled with an extra large bag of Funyuns and four hours of game shows. It wasn’t often that he’d make his stalignant restitis the focus of his day, though. He run to the restroom quite often.

Etymology: malignant + malaise + lazy

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COMMENTS:

great combo - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:16:00

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