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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.

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Skillduggery

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: skill/dug/ury

Sentence: Whenever a chore required his attention Bob took advantage of the masterful art of skillduggery.

Etymology: skullduggery (Crafty deception or trickery) + skill (as in pretending he doesn't have any)

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COMMENTS:

Huggery, duggery, dock... the lout went off the clock. ;)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-12: 13:21:00

the clock struck "done" and off he'd run - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 13:41:00

to the bar at the end of the block. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-12: 14:29:00

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Procrasticonstipation

Created by: loofarama

Pronunciation: pro-crasti-constipation

Sentence: As soon as i asked him to do the laundry he ran to the bathroom, maybe he's just procrasticonstipated

Etymology: procrastination + constipation

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COMMENTS:

Love the sing-song sound of this one. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-12: 10:47:00

Sounds like a good title for a Styx album. - Kyoti, 2007-07-12: 13:23:00

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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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Posstititis

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Poss-tuh-tie-tuhss

Sentence: Gary stuck his hand into the job jar and was instantly overcome with a bout of posstititis.

Etymology: Possum(playing dead)+PostIts(sticky notes found on desks and refrigerators)+itis(medical ailment suffix)

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COMMENTS:

It's a good thing Gary doesn't work in a Postit Office - or does he?? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:40:00

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Slothia

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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Helpunoma

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: help eew noo maa

Sentence: his helpyounoma always flared up just before and just after meal times, and his mother just didn't understand.

Etymology: help you? no ma!

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COMMENTS:

If he's not careful, he'll develop chronic helpatitis but I think there are big needles for that - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:31:00

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Deworkibilitate

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: dee-werk-i-bill-i-tate

Sentence: Ed's constant deworkibilitation practices started rubbing off on the kids. For example, the horrified neighbours thought that Timmy had collasped on the front lawn, and called 911. Little did they know that his Mum had just asked him to mow the lawn.

Etymology: debilitate + work

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