Verboticism: Illude
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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Procrastolepsy
Created by: DoubleMark
Pronunciation: pro-CRAS-to-lep-see
Sentence: We asked Bob to take out the trash an hour ago, but he was suddenly struck with a procrastoleptic fit.
Etymology: procrastination + narcolepsy
Tempacitated
Created by: breaddough
Pronunciation: tem-pass-ih-tayted
Sentence: When the time came to take out the garbage, he always managed to become tempacitated for just enough time for someone else to do it.
Etymology: just look at the word
Ahandypox
Created by: oohisay
Pronunciation: a-handy-pox
Sentence: When asked to lend a hand with the deck building, Roger was stricken with a bout of ahandypox.
Etymology:
Slothopathic
Created by: alphabetapolothology
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'd ask him to fix it, but he's a total slothopath.
Etymology:
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:
Workolepsy
Created by: xCthonx
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
Laboratose
Created by: gogogadget
Pronunciation: Lay-boor-a-toes
Sentence: When Sally's mother told her to finish her homework, a laboratose feeling swept over her, forcing her to continue watching LOST reruns.
Etymology: labor+comatose
Nocandoitis
Created by: widjet22
Pronunciation: Just read it.
Sentence: She is often plagued by "nocandoitis," and misses a lot of work.
Etymology: From the phrase "No can do." And from "itis," meaning to inflame.
