Verboticism: Koshmar
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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Incapoopitated
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I was unable to carry the groceries because I was incapoopitated.
Etymology: incapacited + pooped
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.
Testostrance
Created by: jwalter32
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Doris began to take advantage of George's testostrances, using those opportunities to meet Ramon inside of Baker's Shoes while her husband dozed on a mall bench nearby.
Etymology:
Comapose
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: koh-ma-poz
Sentence: Mitchell would go completely comapose whenever his wife asked him to do any chores around the house. This was relatively benign, until one day when they were driving home from cottage, and his wife thoughtlessly asked him if he could cut the grass when they got back to the city. He had just pulled into the passing lane, when he lost consciousness...
Etymology: comatose + pose (i.e. fake posture, stand still and do nothing)
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COMMENTS:
A Coma-ly word indeed! - Nosila, 2009-08-03: 22:58:00
great work, jrogan....you get my vote. - mweinmann, 2009-08-04: 07:34:00
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Helpochondriac
Created by: john621
Pronunciation: help-o-kon-dree-ak
Sentence: Everytime the lawn needs mowing you get a new disease, I think you're making it up you helpochondriac.
Etymology:
Diedling
Created by: widget
Pronunciation: D'idling
Sentence: Whenever he was asked to help he would always found to be diedling
Etymology: From die and idling
Excusident
Created by: Peppie
Pronunciation: ik-'skyü-z&-dent
Sentence: Janet had an excusident when her mother asked her to vacuum the room.
Etymology: Having an accident to be excused from something. Excused, accident, excusident.
Decapacitated
Created by: knickers
Pronunciation: de-cap-ass-it-ate-ed
Sentence: When she asked me to lick her muff, I sniffed it and was instantly decapacitated.
Etymology: From incapacitated, decapitate
Temporamortis
Created by: Jewlicious
Pronunciation: TEM pruh mohr tis
Sentence: I had a bout of temporamortis earlier today, but I should be fine now.
Etymology: From the latin root temp- for time and mortis for death
Exerthaustion
Created by: golux13
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Bob took to his bed with a case of exerthaustion when Marge asked him to vacuum the upstairs hall.
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