Vote for the best verboticism.
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
Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...
You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.
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)
Azlism
Created by: mysti
Pronunciation: Azz-liz-em
Sentence: I think daddy is suffering from azlism again!
Etymology:
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)
Workalysis
Created by: r0b0tj0n3z
Pronunciation: whurr-cali-sis
Sentence: Scott was overcome with workalysis when his mom asked him to take out the trash.
Etymology: work, paralysis
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
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
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
Husbandcondriac
Created by: ladyhelm
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
----------------------------
COMMENTS:
this happanes! - ladyhelm, 2007-07-15: 18:01:00
----------------------------
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
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)
----------------------------
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
----------------------------
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?