Verboticism: Husbandishry
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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Vigormortis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: vig-er-mawr-tis
Sentence: Tony is an active, if slightly paunchy, dad. He plays with the kids. He even rides his bike a couple days a week. A strange affliction hits him when household chores are mentioned. He immediately comes down with acute vigormortis, a condition where all energy drains from his body to the point that he can barely lift a finger. The cure comes as quickly as it manifests as soon as the chore is complete or even assigned to someone else.
Etymology: vigor (healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality) + rigor mortis (the stiffening of the body after death)
Absintose
Created by: theantiipod
Pronunciation: Ab-sin-tose
Sentence: Oh don't get all absintose on me just because I asked you to vacuum the stairs.
Etymology: Absent + sin (without) + comotose
Koshmar
Created by: Gurova
Pronunciation: kash/ma
Sentence: Daddy is koshmared
Etymology:
Dismotionable
Created by: missparaguay1991
Pronunciation: /dismotionable/ like in english
Sentence: I yesterday asked my husband to built the furniture we bought, and he became absolutely dismotionable! -Is your new boyfriend dismotionable? -Not dismotionable at all!
Etymology: dismotionable (adj.) dis- from English 'disable' + motion- from O.French 'motion, from Latin 'motionem' + -able- siffix expressing fitness from Latin 'ibilis'
Dutiphobia
Created by: Verbotomnist
Pronunciation: Doo-tee-fo-bee-ah
Sentence: He suffers from dutiphobia, even the sight of a mop or broom may trigger an attack.
Etymology:
Avoideitis
Created by: RecordB
Pronunciation: Avoid E Eye Tis
Sentence: Look's like Jim's come down with a case of Avoideitis
Etymology: from the Mythical Latin God Avodicus
Narcavoidolepsy
Created by: robynlicious
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sorry I couldn't set the table for dinner, but I had a wave of Narcavoidolepsy hit me so hard that I didn't think I'd even wake up to eat.
Etymology:
