Verboticism: Takepartattack
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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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)
Workolepsy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: work/o/lep/sy (long o sound in second syllable)
Sentence: When things need to be done you can count on his workolepsy disorder to kick in.
Etymology: work + narcolepsy
Cumbascuprity
Created by: dalilpimpster
Pronunciation: come-buh-scroop-rity
Sentence: The man's cumbascruprity disabled him from work today.
Etymology:
Conveniolesce
Created by: Trivigo
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I knew that the sore ankle would give the chance to conveniolesce Saturday instead of mowing the lawn.
Etymology:
Slobajob
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: slob-a-job
Sentence: Uri was such a slobajob, well able to make a mess but incapable of cleaning one up.
Etymology: Messy recycling of 1) Slob, somebody who would live in the own excrement and 2) Bob-a-job, to do a small task in return for a reward, especially by boy scouts.
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COMMENTS:
I know a few slobajobs... But I refuse to clean up after them. (Actually I just pretend to refuse, because I can't stand the mess.) - jrogan, 2009-08-04: 07:21:00
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Hypershundriation
Created by: Rustkill
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Whenever he saw dirty dishes he began to experience hypershundriation.
Etymology: From hypochondria and shun.
Physick
Created by: k28en
Pronunciation: fee-sick
Sentence: As a noun: He is such a physick. His physick is acting up again.
Etymology: Physically Sick