Verboticism: Narcoslacky
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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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
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
Shirkitis
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: sherk-EYE-tiss
Sentence: Bob came down with a sudden case of shirkitis when he heard the sound of the vacuum cleaner.
Etymology: "shirk" (to evade work) + "-itis" (suffix used in pathological terms that denotes an inflamation of organs
Taskaphobiysim
Created by: stormee
Pronunciation: task-a-foebee-ism
Sentence: Her husband had a sudden attack of taskaphoiyism when it came time to mow the lawn.
Etymology: A sudden illness related to task related work.
Downforthecountability
Created by: TheBocaj
Pronunciation: DOWN-for-thuh-KOUN-tuh-BIL-i-tee
Sentence: Steve was asked to clean his room on Saturday; however, when his mother checked up on him at lunchtime, she discovered he had contracted yet another case of downforthecontability, which put him out of commission until dinner was served.
Etymology: To be out for the fight [down for the count] when others are relying on you [accountability]
Chorabilism
Created by: kenners
Pronunciation: Chore-a-bal-lism
Sentence: I asked him to take the bins outside and he was suddenly onset with Chorabilism!
Etymology:
Diedling
Created by: widget
Pronunciation: D'idling
Sentence: Whenever he was asked to help he would always found to be diedling
Etymology: From die and idling
Taskophobia
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: tas-co-FO-be-ah
Sentence: taskophobia struck as soon as dishes were mentioned.
Etymology: task, -phobia
Skivitis
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: sky-vy-tus
Sentence: Ironing is impossible for sufferers of skivitis.
Etymology: From "skive" which means to dodge work or skip school.