Verboticism: Choreitus

'Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?'

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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Helpochondriac

Created by: john621

Pronunciation: help-o-kon-dree-ak

Sentence: Everytime the lawn needs mowing you get a new disease, I think you're making it up you helpochondriac.

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Slave

Created by: lexi3lui

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Partivoidicitis

Created by: jigendalitwoforks

Pronunciation: par-tih-voy-dis-eye-tus

Sentence: Joey claimed to have partivoidicitis after his father handed him the lawnmower.

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Actruist

Created by: Coolfool

Pronunciation: "Act" + truist as in altruist.

Sentence: Don't worry, dear. He won't be such an actruist once the dishes are done.

Etymology: Derived as an antonym of altruism, which is an unselfish concern for others. Actruism is an apt word, as an antonym, as his actions are the opposite of those of an altruist, as his behaviour is a self-serving "act".

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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"

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Roisame

Created by: evinced

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Psychosomaticitis

Created by: janedoe

Pronunciation: pyscho-so-matic-itis

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Fatigusdomesticus

Hindolbittern

Created by: Hindolbittern

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Antichoreactinarianism

Created by: NIDWU

Pronunciation: Anti-Chore-Act-in-ar-ee-a-nism

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Shirkolepsy

Created by: Sissyphus

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Sentence: Meg had a shirkoleptic fit after the beer was gone and it was time to carry the boxes downstairs.

Etymology: shirk(avoid duty) + lepsy(seizure)

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COMMENTS:

Good Word Siss! - wordmeister, 2006-12-13: 13:39:00

oxhead First time user here. I have to say, after seeing this word, I can tell I'm in the big leagues. It's a beautiful funny word. - oxhead, 2006-12-13: 17:22:00

erasmus top word. Hits the nail on the head. - erasmus, 2006-12-18: 07:07:00

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