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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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Pseudomortisize
Created by: Dboozer
Pronunciation: soo-dough-more-tih-size
Sentence: Vinny pseudomortized so well that his wife regularly tried to have him embalmed, usually on Sundays when the grass needed mowed.
Etymology: pseudo (false, fake) + mortis (death) + ize (verb)
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COMMENTS:
the lazy sod !! but I hear her neighbour is a rake - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:45:00
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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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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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Azlism
Created by: mysti
Pronunciation: Azz-liz-em
Sentence: I think daddy is suffering from azlism again!
Etymology:
Malaisy
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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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)
Chorematose
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: chore + ma + tose
Sentence: My, will you look at all that laundry, and there's my girlfriend, lying chorematose on the couch.
Etymology: chore + comatose
Heartattask
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: HART-uh-task
Sentence: Alex was hit with so severe a heartattask at the site of the professor's assignment, that he was stuck in bed for three days, completely unable to operate a laptop.
Etymology: heart attack + task
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COMMENTS:
sounds serious - he might have to resort to bribery and go in for a buypass - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:34:00
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Chorevoidance
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.
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?