Verboticism: Nochoriensis
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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Slunked
Created by: man835
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Man, Todd totally slunked on us.
Etymology:
Workumvent
Created by: Shlub
Pronunciation: Were - come - vent
Sentence: "I think I'll workumvent this week's shipping reports," thought John as he positioned the saw above his hand.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Good sentence Shlub -- Funny! And frightenly true... - wordmeister, 2006-12-13: 13:46:00
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Labourcede
Created by: Kevcom2007
Pronunciation: lay/bour/seed
Sentence: Daddy Joe had a severe case of labourcede when it came time to do simple household chores, like getting off the couch and doing the dishes.
Etymology: labour + cede (surrender)
Exertiontosis
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: ex-ur-shun-to-sis
Sentence: your dad is suffering from exertiontosis again but he should be feeling better after we clean the house.
Etymology: exertion: to expend energy performing a task. tosis: suffix for physical afflictions.
Slothopathic
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'd ask him to fix it, but he's a total slothopath.
Etymology:
Slackache
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: SLAK-ayk
Sentence: Whenever called upon to work late, Jim developed a slackache that forced him to go home ill.
Etymology: slacker + backache
Tempacitated
Created by: breaddough
Pronunciation: tem-pass-ih-tayted
Sentence: When the time came to take out the garbage, he always managed to become tempacitated for just enough time for someone else to do it.
Etymology: just look at the word
Workolepsy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: work/o/lep/sy (long o sound in second syllable)
Sentence: When things need to be done you can count on his workolepsy disorder to kick in.
Etymology: work + narcolepsy
