Verboticism: Chorabilism
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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Cumbascuprity
Created by: dalilpimpster
Pronunciation: come-buh-scroop-rity
Sentence: The man's cumbascruprity disabled him from work today.
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'
Lacksidasichondria
Created by: jeremiahbritt
Pronunciation: lahk-sih-daiz-ih-kon-dree-ah
Sentence: As I lay pinned under the armoire, I wished Jane's lacksidasichondria hadn't convinced her she had spontaneously generated lupus.
Etymology: lacksidasical + hyperchondria
Antiproactive
Created by: bothra
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jim became antiproactive when Ben mentioned the lawn needed cutting.
Etymology:
Psychocondria
Created by: mytimeonearth
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When asked to clean the bathroom she frequently had an attack of psychocondria.
Etymology:
Slothophrenia
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: " Slaw-tho-frenia"
Sentence: A victim of slothophrenia, when introduced to any type of household chore, may exhibit signs of extreme anxiety, mental distress and or death.
Etymology: from the greek Slothocus dethacus
Physick
Created by: k28en
Pronunciation: fee-sick
Sentence: As a noun: He is such a physick. His physick is acting up again.
Etymology: Physically Sick
Ergosis
Created by: sir67
Pronunciation: ur go sis
Sentence: erg - unit of work osis - suffix, disease or abnormal condition
Etymology: After being informed that the lawn needed mowing, Pat was struck within an acute case of ergosis.
