Verboticism: Diebusy
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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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
Slackpawed
Created by: chale
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My dad fell slackpawed to the floor when he saw the vacuum cleaner.
Etymology:
Slackosis
Created by: sleep
Pronunciation: as it looks
Sentence: As Tom crawled into bed, he watched in horror as his wife had a slackotic siezure.
Etymology: slack + psychosis
Workumvent
Created by: Shlub
Pronunciation: Were - come - vent
Sentence: "I think I'll workumvent this week's shipping reports," thought John as he positioned the saw above his hand.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Good sentence Shlub -- Funny! And frightenly true... - wordmeister, 2006-12-13: 13:46:00
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Idleapse
Created by: Drooboy
Pronunciation: I-dull-ah-ps
Sentence: Brian suffered a devastating idleapse when confronted with the dishes.
Etymology:
Slackochondria
Created by: thewbert
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After our driveway was buried in 6 feet of snow, I was suddenly overcome with a bad case of slackochondria.
Etymology:
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
Workdead
Created by: LostAccount
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
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COMMENTS:
W - LostAccount, 2006-12-14: 00:35:00
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Krapilepsy
Created by: Emanresu
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I would mow the lawn but I can feel an attack of krapilepsy coming on.
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