Verboticism: Taskphyxiate
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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Spontyrigor
Created by: solsticesword
Pronunciation: sponte-rigor
Sentence: The man succumed to spontyrigor with a sudden fit of coughs.
Etymology: From spontanious meaning unexpected and rigor mortise, a phase of death.
Laziphasia
Created by: TheGentleSherpa
Pronunciation: Lay-Zee-Fay-Shi-Ah
Sentence: When asked to get off the couch so the crumbs could be collected for recycling, Stan was struck immobile by his overwhelming sense of Laziphasia.
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Ergotoxication
Created by: mugwai
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: latin work(ergo)poison(toxica)
Flunched
Created by: frobro808
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i'm flunched! i don't think i can make it to work today.
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Hypoconmandriac
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hie poh kon mand ree ak
Sentence: A hypoconmandriac calle Joe Picked up germs whereever he's go. but his flu symptoms flew when the work whistle blew, as he sprinted for the exit do'
Etymology: hypochondriac, con man
Idleapse
Created by: Drooboy
Pronunciation: I-dull-ah-ps
Sentence: Brian suffered a devastating idleapse when confronted with the dishes.
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Emplochondriac
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: EM-plo-CHON-dree-ak
Sentence: Robert had a recurring problem - his emplochondriac tendencies surfaced every summer.
Etymology: emplo - from Latin 'implicari', to be involved chondria - from ancient Sumerian, to be conning yourself
Slunked
Created by: man835
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Man, Todd totally slunked on us.
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