Verboticism: Hyperdutyitis
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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Laziplasia
Created by: swifttwinkie
Pronunciation: lay-zuh-play-shuh
Sentence: Tom's laziplasia usually flares up after lunch during the work week and is especially bad on Sunday afternoons and Monday nights.
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Slackpawed
Created by: chale
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My dad fell slackpawed to the floor when he saw the vacuum cleaner.
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Rigormorvenience
Created by: sargent1
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Very convenient Rigor Mortis
Slothopathic
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'd ask him to fix it, but he's a total slothopath.
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Falstubbornazy
Created by: paperpieces
Pronunciation: Fal-stuh-born-nay-zee
Sentence: I don't know if I can go out tonight, I have a lot of work to do, I could falstubbornaze and sneak out?
Etymology: Fal- meaning false, stubborn meaning selfish, -azy from lazy.
Slackerocity
Created by: simon1081
Pronunciation: sla-ker-os-it-ee
Sentence: When Dad was asked to shovel the drive-way, his slackerocity acted up.
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Idleapse
Created by: Drooboy
Pronunciation: I-dull-ah-ps
Sentence: Brian suffered a devastating idleapse when confronted with the dishes.
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Dishporia
Created by: lordelph
Pronunciation: dish-*pore*-ree-ah
Sentence: I'm afraid your husband has uncurable dishporia
Etymology: In the middle ages, the dish-poor were peasants flogged for failing to complete chores assigned by the lord of the manor. The Victorians contracted this to dishpor, with Charles Dickens popularising the use of "dishporia" in The Pickwick Papers.
