Verboticism: Absintose
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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Workaphobia
Created by: humbug
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have such a terrible case of workaphobia that I once told my boss my entire family died to miss work.
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Chorevasia
Created by: attis
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The sound of vacuuming and a serious case of chorevasia put him out of action for hours.
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Narcoslothy
Created by: crazycarl
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I tried to clean my room but was overcome by a case of narcoslothy.
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Overchored
Created by: loosepiece
Pronunciation:
Sentence: dave was 'overchored' when it came to doing the washing up.
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Decapacitated
Created by: knickers
Pronunciation: de-cap-ass-it-ate-ed
Sentence: When she asked me to lick her muff, I sniffed it and was instantly decapacitated.
Etymology: From incapacitated, decapitate
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
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Hypochondrasicalia
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: HIGH-po-KOHN-dra-SIK-ah-lia
Sentence: "Unfortunately, Albert could not mow the lawn when asked, as he contracted a sudden case of Hypochondrasicalia"
Etymology: Derived from Hypochondriac and Lackadaisical.
Workophobic
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation: Work O Phobic
Sentence: "Honey, I have learnt a new word today, it's 'workophobic'. Ask me to do something and you'll understand its meaning!"
Etymology: work - phobic
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Tascquarade
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: Task-ah-rade
Sentence: Every time someone asks me to help them with chores, I put on a tascquarade.
Etymology: task+evade+masquerade
Choreusattakus
Created by: Ziplock
Pronunciation: Chore-E-Us-Attack-Us
Sentence: He was struck with ChoreusAttakus when asked to clean out the garage.
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