Verboticism: Taskophobia
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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Chorevasia
Created by: attis
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The sound of vacuuming and a serious case of chorevasia put him out of action for hours.
Etymology:
Procrastiphilia
Created by: Drock
Pronunciation: pro-cras-ta-FIL-ee-uh
Sentence: When Bobby heard his mother ask him to clean his room, he felt another wave of procrastiphilia come on.
Etymology: Procrastination - to put something off. -philia - a positive feeling of liking
Fuster
Created by: Acostell
Pronunciation: fuhstir
Sentence: He fustered fain he were to injure his back sweeping the kitchen.
Etymology:
Fatalysis
Created by: Adamm
Pronunciation: Fay-tal-iss-iss
Sentence: "My brother comes over with a bout of Fatalysis at the mere sight of a dishcloth."
Etymology: A fusion of the words Fatal and Paralysis, as the "victim" becomes paralysed to such an extreme that a fatality is sometimes believed to have occoured.
Choriosis
Created by: wniffene
Pronunciation: Chore-eo-sis
Sentence: When mom asked Billy to mow the lawn he developed a clear choriosis limp.
Etymology: Chore+Any disease that ends in osis.
Dullchorexia
Created by: Jester
Pronunciation: DuL-CHaw-X-ia
Sentence: Dave was suddenly struck down with dullchorexia when his wife mentioned that the shelves had not been put up.
Etymology:
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.)
