Verboticism: Suddenslacker
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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Hypolethargiac
Created by: misnomer
Pronunciation: Hi/po/le/thar/gee/ak
Sentence: The man was a hypolethargiac; the thought of visiting his in-laws caused George to come down suddenly with a very serious case of some obscure affliction.
Etymology: Hypochondriac; lethargy.
Choreaphobia
Created by: dahlea
Pronunciation: chore-a-phobia
Sentence: Dave's choreaphobia flared up when his wife asked for help with the dishes.
Etymology:
Taskophobia
Created by: iceburgamy
Pronunciation: tas-co-FO-be-ah
Sentence: taskophobia struck as soon as dishes were mentioned.
Etymology: task, -phobia
Chorealepsy
Created by: Blacklight
Pronunciation: Chore-a-lespsy
Sentence: Dad has a rare disease called chorealepsey
Etymology:
Falstubbornazy
Created by: paperpieces
Pronunciation: Fal-stuh-born-nay-zee
Sentence: I don't know if I can go out tonight, I have a lot of work to do, I could falstubbornaze and sneak out?
Etymology: Fal- meaning false, stubborn meaning selfish, -azy from lazy.
Choreitosis
Created by: ipmcleod
Pronunciation: CHORR-i-toe-sis
Sentence: A sudden strain of choreitosis afflicted my friends that weekend, so I moved myself
Etymology: Choreit, from the Ruritanian cho-rit, meaning nothing, and osis, from the Ruritanian ohcys, meaning good for.
Dishporia
Created by: lordelph
Pronunciation: dish-*pore*-ree-ah
Sentence: I'm afraid your husband has uncurable dishporia
Etymology: In the middle ages, the dish-poor were peasants flogged for failing to complete chores assigned by the lord of the manor. The Victorians contracted this to dishpor, with Charles Dickens popularising the use of "dishporia" in The Pickwick Papers.
