Verboticism: Wowmiwuvlyhuzband
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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Schlepoplexy
Created by: isopraxis
Pronunciation: schlep Oh plexee
Sentence: The task of filling a thousand sandbags is enough to give a guy a bad case of schlepoplexy.
Etymology:
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- isopraxis, 2006-12-14: 00:05:00
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Choreitis
Created by: Hilary
Pronunciation: "chore" + "itis". easy.
Sentence: Daddy will be fine, Emily. He's just caught another bout of choreitis.
Etymology:
Possumuity
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As usual, George was stricken with acute possumity as soon as dinner was over, and collapsed on the couch.
Etymology: from the north american possum, known for its ability to play dead when threatened.
Conveniolesce
Created by: Trivigo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I knew that the sore ankle would give the chance to conveniolesce Saturday instead of mowing the lawn.
Etymology:
Physick
Created by: k28en
Pronunciation: fee-sick
Sentence: As a noun: He is such a physick. His physick is acting up again.
Etymology: Physically Sick
Lazochondria
Created by: parabasis
Pronunciation: lay-zoh-KAHN-dree-ah
Sentence: When his mom asked him to mow the lawn, Harold had a lazochondriatic bout of carpal tunnel.
Etymology:
Workolepsy
Created by: Wriiight
Pronunciation: work/o/lep/sy (long o sound in second syllable)
Sentence: When things need to be done you can count on his workolepsy disorder to kick in.
Etymology: work + narcolepsy
Menagitis
Created by: sweetclarity
Pronunciation: m-eh-n-ah-j-eye-t-ih-s.
Sentence: "I have some bad news: it's menagitis."
Etymology: from the French "menage", meaning "household chores" & the dead language "itis", meaning "sickness". The resemblance to "meningitis" is completely uncoincidental.
