Verboticism: Grandmalaise
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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Taskophobia
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: tas-co-FO-be-ah
Sentence: taskophobia struck as soon as dishes were mentioned.
Etymology: task, -phobia
Lazydeath
Created by: chrisk2k7
Pronunciation: lay - zee - deh - th
Sentence: her husband was severly suffering from lazydeath
Etymology: lazy + death
Taskphyxiate
Created by: DarthWader
Pronunciation: task fix ee 8
Sentence: Daddy was taskphyxiated by the piling snow in the driveway.
Etymology: task (work, business, havings-to-do) + asphyxiate (to kill by depriving of air)
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
Avoiditis
Created by: McWhoopass
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
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COMMENTS:
This inflammation of the avoidance gland causes several overt symptoms that can be mistaken for illness, disablility, and in some extreme cases death. Caution should be used in treating victims of avoiditis as any percieved work on the part of the suffere - McWhoopass, 2006-12-13: 14:58:00
...sufferer could result in heightened symptoms - McWhoopass, 2006-12-13: 14:58:00
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Labore
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lay bor
Sentence: After just a few months, Hilary discovered that her hubby, Bill, was a labore. When asked to do something minute, like vacuum or empty the dishwasher, he became ill, even in trying to summon the courage to follow his wife's instructions. The excuses were always alike..."My head hurts...I have a fever, Oh. my back...". but she felt the same as most women in her situation..."Wait till you go through childbirth before you tell me how much your body hurts..."
Etymology: Labor ( worker) & Bore (cause to be bored; tedious, so lacking in interest as to become bored)
Actruist
Created by: Coolfool
Pronunciation: "Act" + truist as in altruist.
Sentence: Don't worry, dear. He won't be such an actruist once the dishes are done.
Etymology: Derived as an antonym of altruism, which is an unselfish concern for others. Actruism is an apt word, as an antonym, as his actions are the opposite of those of an altruist, as his behaviour is a self-serving "act".
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
Suddenslacker
Created by: exmugger
Pronunciation: sudden-slack-er
Sentence: When ask to clean the room, chole turned suddenslacker and dropped to the floor.
Etymology: sudden + slacker
