Verboticism: Graftophobic
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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Choreaphobia
Created by: dahlea
Pronunciation: chore-a-phobia
Sentence: Dave's choreaphobia flared up when his wife asked for help with the dishes.
Etymology:
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
Nowantism
Created by: MrOliver
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Tracy's acute nowantism prevented her from washing the dishes.
Etymology:
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
Maturaphobia
Created by: jonique
Pronunciation: maturaphobia (ma*chur*a*fob*ee*a)
Sentence: Daddy forgot to pick me up from school due to his maturaphobia.
Etymology: maturaphobia stems from the word "mature", which is to grow and learn over a certain time period, and the word "phobia", which is to fear something. These two words together create "a fear of maturity or maturing"
