Verboticism: Enbartlebize
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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Idlitisis
Created by: ladyjd
Pronunciation: Eye/del/eye/tis/sis
Sentence: Suffering from idlitisis can be severly draining, especially for the rest of the family and work colleagues.
Etymology: idle:habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; -itis: Inflammation or disease of
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
Krapilepsy
Created by: Emanresu
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I would mow the lawn but I can feel an attack of krapilepsy coming on.
Etymology:
Travailitis
Created by: andystephenson
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Work just gives me travailitis
Etymology:
Laborophobia
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Lay-boar-o-fo-bee-a
Sentence: The moment he heard the vacuum cleaner, he felt laborophobic.
Etymology: Combination of Labor (work) and phobia (an unrealistic fear.)
Domesticitis
Created by: symemac
Pronunciation: Do-mesti-sightis
Sentence: Brad came down with domesticitis as soon as soon as he came back from a hard day at the track.
Etymology: Romans used to use this term when building their city. Anyone suffering from said illness was sent to the rack.
