Verboticism: Workaphobic
DEFINITION: v. To be physically overcome by a sudden illness, disability, or even death when asked to participate in unrewarding activities -- like work, or household chores. n. A person who gets sick when asked to work.
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Olazitic
Created by: rikkyboy
Pronunciation: O-la-zi-tic
Sentence: If it wasn't for Fred being olazitic, he would've help around the house more often.
Etymology:
Sissysicko
Created by: BTornado14
Pronunciation: sis-e-SIC-ko
Sentence: Most people would call into work sick for a day of fun, but would fear being accused of being a sissysicko.
Etymology: a compound of sissy, someone who is not brave and sicko, a slang word meaning someone who is sick.
Helpergenic
Created by: moggy
Pronunciation: Hell.Per.Jen.Ick.
Sentence: "I'm sorry I can't help you with the dishes - allergies you see?" "Oh, that's ok, these dishes are hypo-helpergenic!"
Etymology: From Help. Allergic. See? See?
Slackerocity
Created by: simon1081
Pronunciation: sla-ker-os-it-ee
Sentence: When Dad was asked to shovel the drive-way, his slackerocity acted up.
Etymology:
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Aworkvoid
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ah-werk-voyd
Sentence: Whenever big projects were on deck and his boss began to assign work, he began to plan his aworkvoid strategy. The next day he would announce to the team that he had strep throat, H1N1, and pneumonia all at once. Thus the 5 week absence began. Obviously when he came back to work all the projects were complete.
Etymology: avoid + work
Illude
Created by: vincent
Pronunciation: Ill-ood
Sentence: Unbeknownst to his mother, little Billy would illude his chores at every opportunity.
Etymology: Ill + Elude
Laboracide
Created by: janham
Pronunciation: lay-bore-a-syd
Sentence: John went into laboracide after he was told to do the dishes.
Etymology: labor-as in work a-just there to make it cooler cide-as in suicide
Skiveitis
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: sky vie tis
Sentence: he suffered from excessive skiveitis, we couldnt get him to do any work.
Etymology: to skive is an english way to avoid work.
