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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.
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
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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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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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
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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Vigourmortis
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: vig-er-mor-tiss
Sentence: when ever it was suggested that he go out and mow the lawn he went into a state of vigourmortis
Etymology: vigour, rigor mortis
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COMMENTS:
Love this word. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-12: 07:55:00
followed by a touch of vimnesia I suppose - galwaywegian, 2007-07-12: 08:01:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-12: 12:15:00
Talk about a stiff sentence! - Kyoti, 2007-07-12: 13:26:00
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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 - 2007-07-12: 03:09:00
How about verbotogaffe?
rikboyee - 2007-07-12: 04:52:00
or wrongspotomy
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?