Verboticism: Shirkacitis
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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Psychosomavoidance
Created by: lauramy
Pronunciation: sahy-koh-suh-muh-void-ns
Sentence: Every time he has to clean his room he gets a case of phychosomavoidance.
Etymology: psycho -- of the mind soma -- of the body avoidance -- the act of delaying
Choralysis
Created by: samara
Pronunciation: chore - alysis
Sentence: daddy got choralysis when mummy asked him to mow the lawn.
Etymology: a combination of the words chore and paralysis.
Skiveitis
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: sky vie tis
Sentence: he suffered from excessive skiveitis, we couldnt get him to do any work.
Etymology: to skive is an english way to avoid work.
Taskoidance
Created by: Ahoytheship
Pronunciation: Task-oy-dance
Sentence: He was sure to fall victim to taskoidance when he had to take out the trash.
Etymology: Task+Avoidance
Cumbascuprity
Created by: dalilpimpster
Pronunciation: come-buh-scroop-rity
Sentence: The man's cumbascruprity disabled him from work today.
Etymology:
Lazyck
Created by: jgastald
Pronunciation: laizyck
Sentence: Mommy, Daddy got lazyck again...
Etymology:
Chorevasia
Created by: attis
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The sound of vacuuming and a serious case of chorevasia put him out of action for hours.
Etymology:
Chordom
Created by: Steerpike
Pronunciation: Chore-dom
Sentence: As Andy saw the list of tasks for this month's milestone he slumped in his chair, overcome with chordom.
Etymology: Chore + Boredom
