Verboticism: Workolepsy
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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Taskophobia
Created by: iceburgamy
Pronunciation: tas-co-FO-be-ah
Sentence: taskophobia struck as soon as dishes were mentioned.
Etymology: task, -phobia
Lacksidasichondria
Created by: jeremiahbritt
Pronunciation: lahk-sih-daiz-ih-kon-dree-ah
Sentence: As I lay pinned under the armoire, I wished Jane's lacksidasichondria hadn't convinced her she had spontaneously generated lupus.
Etymology: lacksidasical + hyperchondria
Slackosis
Created by: sleep
Pronunciation: as it looks
Sentence: As Tom crawled into bed, he watched in horror as his wife had a slackotic siezure.
Etymology: slack + psychosis
Antichoreactinarianism
Created by: NIDWU
Pronunciation: Anti-Chore-Act-in-ar-ee-a-nism
Sentence:
Etymology:
Laboralyze
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: ley-BOR-uh-Lahyz \lA-"bOr-&-'lIz\
Sentence: The company decided to replace "sick days" with "incidental time-off days" to reduce employee laboralizing.
Etymology: labor from English "labor" + alyze from English "paralyze"
Disinterestation
Created by: Puptentacle
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Obviously he is suffering from advanced disinterestation.
Etymology:
Washeate
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: wash-e-8
Sentence: Just the thought of having to do all that laundry washeated me, and I spent the next 2 hours worshipping the porcelain deity.
Etymology: from nauseate and wash
Narcotasky
Created by: librarian
Pronunciation: nar'co-tasky
Sentence:
Etymology: narcolepsy + tasks
