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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Faintask
Created by: meiyas
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After the party he had another case of faintask, and I had to clean all the mess
Etymology: Faint - Task
Possumize
Created by: red11385
Pronunciation: poss-uhm-ize
Sentence: Dad possimized when asked to mow the lawn, but miraculously recovered when his buddy asked him to the football game.
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Avoiditis
Created by: McWhoopass
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This inflammation of the avoidance gland causes several overt symptoms that can be mistaken for illness, disablility, and in some extreme cases death. Caution should be used in treating victims of avoiditis as any percieved work on the part of the suffere - McWhoopass, 2006-12-13: 14:58:00
...sufferer could result in heightened symptoms - McWhoopass, 2006-12-13: 14:58:00
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Workaphobia
Created by: humbug
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Sentence: I have such a terrible case of workaphobia that I once told my boss my entire family died to miss work.
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Slackache
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: SLAK-ayk
Sentence: Whenever called upon to work late, Jim developed a slackache that forced him to go home ill.
Etymology: slacker + backache
Idleapse
Created by: Drooboy
Pronunciation: I-dull-ah-ps
Sentence: Brian suffered a devastating idleapse when confronted with the dishes.
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Lazochondria
Created by: parabasis
Pronunciation: lay-zoh-KAHN-dree-ah
Sentence: When his mom asked him to mow the lawn, Harold had a lazochondriatic bout of carpal tunnel.
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