Verboticism: Choriosis
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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Lethargiscape
Created by: Rocky
Pronunciation: Le|tharg|i|scape
Sentence: Your daddy comitted 1st degree lethargiscape when confronted with the honey-do list.
Etymology: Lethargy | Escape
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
Sicktrick
Created by: pianowiresmile
Pronunciation: Sik-trik
Sentence: Oh, that Theodore. He pulls a sicktrick at least three times a week!
Etymology: To feign an illness (sick), and pull a scheme (trick.)
Responsivulsion
Created by: magic
Pronunciation: [ri spons i vul shun]
Sentence:
Etymology: respnsibulity, convulsion
Convenodeath
Created by: littleguybrush
Pronunciation: con-veen-o-death
Sentence: Dad pulled a convenodeath when asked to do the dishes.
Etymology: convenient plus death
Overchored
Created by: loosepiece
Pronunciation:
Sentence: dave was 'overchored' when it came to doing the washing up.
Etymology:
Unenthuscious
Created by: beast
Pronunciation: un-en-too-she-ious
Sentence: That guy fell into unenthuscious at work yesterday.
Etymology:
Workolepsy
Created by: taburasa
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