Verboticism: Downforthecountability
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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Lazipossumate
Created by: lennyjaxn
Pronunciation: Ley-zee-POS-uh-meyt
Sentence: The request of Mrs. Johnson for her husband to clean out the garage caused the unfortunate man to lazipossumate until she left.
Etymology: From the low German lasich - languid, and American Indian opposum - he who plays dead
Antichoreactinarianism
Created by: NIDWU
Pronunciation: Anti-Chore-Act-in-ar-ee-a-nism
Sentence:
Etymology:
Taskophobia
Created by: kdhills
Pronunciation: tas-co-FO-be-ah
Sentence: taskophobia struck as soon as dishes were mentioned.
Etymology: task, -phobia
Workolepsy
Created by: Stevenson0
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
Hypoconmandriac
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hie poh kon mand ree ak
Sentence: A hypoconmandriac calle Joe Picked up germs whereever he's go. but his flu symptoms flew when the work whistle blew, as he sprinted for the exit do'
Etymology: hypochondriac, con man
Illazyrated
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: Ill-lazy-rated
Sentence: As long as Jill makes dinner, Jack is illazyrated in fromt of the TV.
Etymology: Incapacitated + lazy = Illazyrated
Laboralyze
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: ley-BOR-uh-Lahyz \lA-"bOr-&-'lIz\
Sentence: The company decided to replace "sick days" with "incidental time-off days" to reduce employee laboralizing.
Etymology: labor from English "labor" + alyze from English "paralyze"
Gluttering
Created by: Anctus
Pronunciation: Glu/te/ring
Sentence: And once he was asked to clean the toilet he fell gluttering to the floor.
Etymology: Gluttony+loitering
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.
Laziitis
Created by: lucyof2009
Pronunciation: lazy-itis
Sentence: Sorry boss, I can't come to work today; I have laziitis.
Etymology: Combination of the word lazy and the suffix "itis" which usually describes a disease.
