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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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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
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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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:
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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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.
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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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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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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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?