Verboticism: Dutophasia
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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Narcoslothy
Created by: crazycarl
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I tried to clean my room but was overcome by a case of narcoslothy.
Etymology:
Unenthuscious
Created by: beast
Pronunciation: un-en-too-she-ious
Sentence: That guy fell into unenthuscious at work yesterday.
Etymology:
Parachorealysis
Created by: Mirandala
Pronunciation: para-chore-alysis
Sentence: Shortly after Bonnie asked him to clean the cat box, Fred suffered a terrible episode of parachorealysis.
Etymology: paralysis + chore
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COMMENTS:
- Mirandala, 2006-12-13: 10:11:00
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Mortachore
Created by: Lonflobber
Pronunciation: Mort-a-chore-ay
Sentence: Donald was suffering from an acute case of mortachore due to his wife's incessant nagging.
Etymology: "Morte"from the Italian for death, and "chore", a routine task
Narcavoidolepsy
Created by: robynlicious
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sorry I couldn't set the table for dinner, but I had a wave of Narcavoidolepsy hit me so hard that I didn't think I'd even wake up to eat.
Etymology:
Workshirk
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: werk-sherk
Sentence: Bill was known for workshirking and never came to work on the days when inventory had to be counted.
Etymology: work + shirk (to avoid)
