Verboticism: Chorlapse
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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Convenodeath
Created by: littleguybrush
Pronunciation: con-veen-o-death
Sentence: Dad pulled a convenodeath when asked to do the dishes.
Etymology: convenient plus death
Assistosis
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ass-is-toe-sis
Sentence: When asked by his wife to help get the groceries from the car, Bob was overcome by an unexpected bout of assistosis.
Etymology: assist, osis
Narcoslacky
Created by: Verbepete
Pronunciation: nar-co-ss-lac-e
Sentence: Jim was overcome with a bout of narcoslacky right after his wife asked him to help with the dishes.
Etymology: Narcolepsy + Slacker
Celaboraeger
Created by: Geekazoid
Pronunciation: hard c pronounce ke lAbor Ager (capitals are long vowels)
Sentence: I'm such a celaboraeger that when my mom wants me to do chores i pretend i'm dead
Etymology: noun verb is celaboraeging comes from the latin words cela : to hide laborat: to work aeger: to be sick
Deastrical
Created by: Computergeek
Pronunciation: D-As-trickle
Sentence: The boy was deastrical when it came to doing his homework.
Etymology:
Temporaryunsanitary
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: tehm/por/ary/un/san/ti/ari
Sentence: Whenever there were chores to be done, he was overcome by temporaryunsanitary.
Etymology: temporary + insanity + sanitary