Verboticism: Workitis
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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Weetotaller
Created by: helanren
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Uncle Joe used to be a workaholic, but after thorough counselling he is now a healthy weetotaller
Etymology: obvious opposite of workaholic, mimicking the relation between t-totaller and alcoholic
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COMMENTS:
After some more thinking, I have decided weewowaller would be better. Totally incomprehensible I guess, but it sounds so much better! - helanren, 2006-12-14: 12:19:00
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Skiveitis
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: sky vie tis
Sentence: he suffered from excessive skiveitis, we couldnt get him to do any work.
Etymology: to skive is an english way to avoid work.
Helpochondriac
Created by: Bernmeister
Pronunciation: help-o-kon-dree-ak
Sentence: Everytime the lawn needs mowing you get a new disease, I think you're making it up you helpochondriac.
Etymology:
Unreworcoleptic
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: Un/weur/ko/lep/tic
Sentence: This person in unreworkoleptic... He can't even hear of unrewarding activites without fainting.
Etymology: Base of "un", mixed with "work" arranged with a C rather than a K, and "leptic" comes from "narcoleptic" ^^
Shwirk
Created by: ipswich78
Pronunciation: As it sounds
Sentence: He's just shwirking again...
Etymology: Combination of Shirk and work.
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COMMENTS:
Hey Ipswich78: Good word! I'm voting for it! - wordmeister, 2006-12-13: 13:38:00
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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
Responsiblitits
Created by: MrLint
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: Acute inflammation of the responsibility gland
