Verboticism: Choralysis
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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Idlitisis
Created by: ladyjd
Pronunciation: Eye/del/eye/tis/sis
Sentence: Suffering from idlitisis can be severly draining, especially for the rest of the family and work colleagues.
Etymology: idle:habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; -itis: Inflammation or disease of
Antichoreactinarianism
Created by: NIDWU
Pronunciation: Anti-Chore-Act-in-ar-ee-a-nism
Sentence:
Etymology:
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.
Etymology:
Chronicworkapation
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: kronik-work-ah-pay-shun
Sentence: Suddenly, Bob had an attack of chronicworkapation and fell down to the floor!
Etymology: chronic + work
Unreworcoleptic
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: Un/weur/ko/lep/tic
Sentence: This person in unreworkoleptic... He can't even hear of unrewarding activites without fainting.
Etymology: Base of "un", mixed with "work" arranged with a C rather than a K, and "leptic" comes from "narcoleptic" ^^
Cantbearseditis
Created by: LordJono
Pronunciation: Can't-be-arsed-itis
Sentence: John had lots of work to do, but was struck down with a terminal case of cantbearseditis
Etymology: The feeling of 'can't be arsed' as a potentially contagious disease.
Spurimalaiseria
Created by: erwalter
Pronunciation: spu·ri·ma·laise·ria
Sentence: Bobby's spurimalaiseria prevented him from taking his final exam and resulted in his falining out of college
Etymology: spurious + malaise + ria
Impossum
Created by: Trystera
Pronunciation: im-PAHS-some
Sentence: Shortly after Sarah asked Bernard to mow the lawn, she found him bedridden, playing impossum.
Etymology: Possum: Latin verb meaning "to be able" Im-: prefix meaning "not" "playing possum" : a defensive tactic of pretending to be dead so that predators have no interest in attacking
Workolepsy
Created by: Wriiight
Pronunciation: work/o/lep/sy (long o sound in second syllable)
Sentence: When things need to be done you can count on his workolepsy disorder to kick in.
Etymology: work + narcolepsy
Mortachore
Created by: Lonflobber
Pronunciation: Mort-a-chore-ay
Sentence: Donald was suffering from an acute case of mortachore due to his wife's incessant nagging.
Etymology: "Morte"from the Italian for death, and "chore", a routine task
