Verboticism: Nochorism
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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Scrubfreeze
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: SCRUB-freeze
Sentence: After dinner, everyone spontaneously developed scrubfreeze - until I told them I had a dishwashing machine.
Etymology: to scrub + to freeze
Hypolethargiac
Created by: misnomer
Pronunciation: Hi/po/le/thar/gee/ak
Sentence: The man was a hypolethargiac; the thought of visiting his in-laws caused George to come down suddenly with a very serious case of some obscure affliction.
Etymology: Hypochondriac; lethargy.
Muhrtish
Created by: msokoloffster
Pronunciation: Muhr - tish
Sentence: Mary couldn't breath when she was told her company was going on a group training day due to her muhrtish.
Etymology: Unknown...
Menagitis
Created by: sweetclarity
Pronunciation: m-eh-n-ah-j-eye-t-ih-s.
Sentence: "I have some bad news: it's menagitis."
Etymology: from the French "menage", meaning "household chores" & the dead language "itis", meaning "sickness". The resemblance to "meningitis" is completely uncoincidental.
Feignt
Created by: dkrider
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Feign + Faint = Feignt
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COMMENTS:
- dkrider, 2006-12-13: 23:33:00
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