Verboticism: Lazick
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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Exertiontosis
Created by: logan260
Pronunciation: ex-ur-shun-to-sis
Sentence: your dad is suffering from exertiontosis again but he should be feeling better after we clean the house.
Etymology: exertion: to expend energy performing a task. tosis: suffix for physical afflictions.
Aworkvoid
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ah-werk-voyd
Sentence: Whenever big projects were on deck and his boss began to assign work, he began to plan his aworkvoid strategy. The next day he would announce to the team that he had strep throat, H1N1, and pneumonia all at once. Thus the 5 week absence began. Obviously when he came back to work all the projects were complete.
Etymology: avoid + work
Lackowannadothatitis
Created by: HackMaster
Pronunciation: lack-O-wanna-do-that-itis
Sentence: When asked to wash the car, I suddenly experienced an onset of lackowannadothatitis.
Etymology:
Workolepsy
Created by: taburasa
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
Absintose
Created by: theantiipod
Pronunciation: Ab-sin-tose
Sentence: Oh don't get all absintose on me just because I asked you to vacuum the stairs.
Etymology: Absent + sin (without) + comotose
Disarbeitation
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: From the German - "Arbeit", meaning work.
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