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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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Lusioscanamy
Created by: Eeliza
Pronunciation: Lucy-Oh-Si-Can-A-Me
Sentence: "My mother yelled at me yesterday to Lusioscanamy...she was so angry!"
Etymology: Definition- Meaning to exit ones living quarters or face viloent consequences.
Slackyncope
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: SLAC-en-COPE
Sentence: James went slackyncope when Mary wanted him to help clean out the litter boxes; he's been this way for so long that he's never even laid eyes on them before.
Etymology: Slack and syncope (fainting)
Workolepsy
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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Dischorder
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Dis-chore-dur
Sentence: All of my kids suffer from frequent dischorders when asked to do household tasks, my wife and I notice the symptoms right away: crying, tantrums, and the occasional "talkback." If this occurs we allow a low allowance.
Etymology: Disorder (a disruption of normal physical functions) + chore (a task or errand)
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COMMENTS:
allowalowallow - nice resonance - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:18:00
I was hoping someone would catch it. - ziggy41, 2007-07-12: 13:34:00
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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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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
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)
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.
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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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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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?