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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Lazividy
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: lay-ziff-ity
Sentence: We were supposed to do some springcleaning on the weekend, but were overcome by lazividy.
Etymology: lazy levidity
Fuxing
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: fux-ing
Sentence: My dad is fuxing all day, never does a thing.
Etymology: fox (crafty as a)
Chorefever
Created by: ckknh
Pronunciation: Chore Fee' ver
Sentence: Every time I ask my daughter to clean her room, she is immobilized by chorefever and doesn't recover until the next day.
Etymology:
Effortaphobia
Created by: babel
Pronunciation: ef-fort-a-pho-bee-a
Sentence: Billy always felt a sudden rush of effortaphobia whenever the ironing board was near.
Etymology: effort + phobia
Slothitus
Created by: Flakey
Pronunciation: 'slOth-'I-t&s
Sentence: I beleive he is suffering from slothitus, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or "yuppie flu".
Etymology:
Drudgephobic
Created by: jstrange
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Tom was always out buying new clothes since he was drudgephobic and could never do laundry.
Etymology:
Skiveitis
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: sky vie tis
Sentence: he suffered from excessive skiveitis, we couldnt get him to do any work.
Etymology: to skive is an english way to avoid work.
