Verboticism: Exertiontosis
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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Gluttering
Created by: Anctus
Pronunciation: Glu/te/ring
Sentence: And once he was asked to clean the toilet he fell gluttering to the floor.
Etymology: Gluttony+loitering
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Pronunciation: pro-cras-ta-FIL-ee-uh
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Pronunciation:
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Pronunciation: D-As-trickle
Sentence: The boy was deastrical when it came to doing his homework.
Etymology:
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Pronunciation:
Sentence: The sound of vacuuming and a serious case of chorevasia put him out of action for hours.
Etymology:
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Pronunciation:
Sentence: Carl came down with a severe case of responsibitis when asked to take out the trash.
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Pronunciation: viggerMORtiss
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Etymology:
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Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: ley-BOR-uh-Lahyz \lA-"bOr-&-'lIz\
Sentence: The company decided to replace "sick days" with "incidental time-off days" to reduce employee laboralizing.
Etymology: labor from English "labor" + alyze from English "paralyze"
Workulosis
Created by: valhallan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i can't, i think i have workulosis
Etymology:
