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'Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?'

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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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)

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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

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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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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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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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Azlism

Created by: mysti

Pronunciation: Azz-liz-em

Sentence: I think daddy is suffering from azlism again!

Etymology:

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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)

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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.

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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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Husbandcondriac

Created by: ladyhelm

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

this happanes! - ladyhelm, 2007-07-15: 18:01:00

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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'

petaj petaj - 2007-07-12: 03:09:00
How about verbotogaffe?

rikboyee - 2007-07-12: 04:52:00
or wrongspotomy

petaj petaj - 2007-07-12: 05:57:00
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?