Verboticism: Temporamortis

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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Laziotic
Created by: AsianPCTTN09
Pronunciation: Lazy-otic.
Sentence: I asked him to help with cleaning the bathroom, but he became too damn laziotic.
Etymology:
Graftophobic
Created by: Chunk01
Pronunciation: graf-toe-fo-bic
Sentence: I'd love to help but I'm afraid I'm graftophobic
Etymology: Graft + Phobic
Shillness
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: shill-ness
Sentence: Norbert quickly feigned a long-term shillness when he saw the lawn was needing cut and the much prayed for rain had not materialised.
Etymology: shill -> illness
Shirkitis
Created by: warped
Pronunciation: sherk-EYE-tiss
Sentence: Bob came down with a sudden case of shirkitis when he heard the sound of the vacuum cleaner.
Etymology: "shirk" (to evade work) + "-itis" (suffix used in pathological terms that denotes an inflamation of organs
Choreaphobia
Created by: dahlea
Pronunciation: chore-a-phobia
Sentence: Dave's choreaphobia flared up when his wife asked for help with the dishes.
Etymology:
Deadicate
Created by: flossie
Pronunciation: Dead i cate
Sentence: He liked to deadicate himself to avoiding all chores
Etymology: Dead/dedicate
