Verboticism: Slackmaster

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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Shirkaholic
Created by: haroldbarold
Pronunciation: shurk-uh-hall-ick (rhymes with workaholic)
Sentence: Daddy was too drunk to make the weekly Shirkaholics Anonymous meeting yet again.
Etymology: shirk + aholic from "workaholic"
Boreshock
Created by: akvoD3
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After repeatedly being told to do his chores, Jenny suffered from boreshock.
Etymology:
Labourpained
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lay bor paynd
Sentence: Tony had always become labourpained when it was time to do the dishes or help with chores. Amazing how many of his afflictions were cured by a nap on the couch. His wife Nicole got the last laugh. After her surgery, she had the doctor send her home with a note declaring she could not do heavy housework like vacuuming or snow shovelling for the next five years...her spouse would need to take over those duties.
Etymology: Labour (work) & Pained (hurt or upset)
Workermortis
Created by: Morganio
Pronunciation: worker-mort-iss
Sentence:
Etymology: From worker: a person who works and Mortis: Death, dying
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.
Etymology:
Responsibitis
Created by: hugecranium
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Carl came down with a severe case of responsibitis when asked to take out the trash.
Etymology: My cat said it the other day.
Workaphobia
Created by: humbug
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have such a terrible case of workaphobia that I once told my boss my entire family died to miss work.
Etymology:
Disarbeitation
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: From the German - "Arbeit", meaning work.
