Verboticism: Rigormorvenience
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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Hypershundriation
Created by: Rustkill
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Whenever he saw dirty dishes he began to experience hypershundriation.
Etymology: From hypochondria and shun.
Laboracide
Created by: janham
Pronunciation: lay-bore-a-syd
Sentence: John went into laboracide after he was told to do the dishes.
Etymology: labor-as in work a-just there to make it cooler cide-as in suicide
Washeate
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: wash-e-8
Sentence: Just the thought of having to do all that laundry washeated me, and I spent the next 2 hours worshipping the porcelain deity.
Etymology: from nauseate and wash
Spurimalaiseria
Created by: erwalter
Pronunciation: spu·ri·ma·laise·ria
Sentence: Bobby's spurimalaiseria prevented him from taking his final exam and resulted in his falining out of college
Etymology: spurious + malaise + ria
Schlubbed
Created by: cannibalgymnastics
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "Can you get Bill to help us move this furniture? " "Nah, he's schlubbed out."
Etymology:
Laborophobia
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Lay-boar-o-fo-bee-a
Sentence: The moment he heard the vacuum cleaner, he felt laborophobic.
Etymology: Combination of Labor (work) and phobia (an unrealistic fear.)
Lazipossumate
Created by: lennyjaxn
Pronunciation: Ley-zee-POS-uh-meyt
Sentence: The request of Mrs. Johnson for her husband to clean out the garage caused the unfortunate man to lazipossumate until she left.
Etymology: From the low German lasich - languid, and American Indian opposum - he who plays dead
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
Workphobia
Created by: xklamation
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: (english)work+(greek)phobia
Latharengitis
Created by: dinglejerry
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When his dad told him to mow the lawn, Billy instantly became stricken with Latharengitis.
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