Verboticism: Choraphobia
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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Chorabilism
Created by: kenners
Pronunciation: Chore-a-bal-lism
Sentence: I asked him to take the bins outside and he was suddenly onset with Chorabilism!
Etymology:
Labourpained
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lay bor paynd
Sentence: Tony had always become labourpained when it was time to do the dishes or help with chores. Amazing how many of his afflictions were cured by a nap on the couch. His wife Nicole got the last laugh. After her surgery, she had the doctor send her home with a note declaring she could not do heavy housework like vacuuming or snow shovelling for the next five years...her spouse would need to take over those duties.
Etymology: Labour (work) & Pained (hurt or upset)
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.
Suilly
Created by: Fittefisk
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'd rather be suilly!
Etymology:
Shwirk
Created by: ipswich78
Pronunciation: As it sounds
Sentence: He's just shwirking again...
Etymology: Combination of Shirk and work.
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COMMENTS:
Hey Ipswich78: Good word! I'm voting for it! - wordmeister, 2006-12-13: 13:38:00
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Maturaphobia
Created by: jonique
Pronunciation: maturaphobia (ma*chur*a*fob*ee*a)
Sentence: Daddy forgot to pick me up from school due to his maturaphobia.
Etymology: maturaphobia stems from the word "mature", which is to grow and learn over a certain time period, and the word "phobia", which is to fear something. These two words together create "a fear of maturity or maturing"
Fuxing
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: fux-ing
Sentence: My dad is fuxing all day, never does a thing.
Etymology: fox (crafty as a)
Responsibilityitis
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: res + pons + ih + bill + ih + tee + eye + tiss
Sentence: Bill was rushed to the hospital when his responsibilityitis flared up; at least he didn't have to take the girls shopping.
Etymology: responsibility + itis