Verboticism: Dullchorexia
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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Fuxing
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: fux-ing
Sentence: My dad is fuxing all day, never does a thing.
Etymology: fox (crafty as a)
Chorlapse
Created by: poptart9
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He had a case of chorlapse when she asked him to help.
Etymology:
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Pronunciation:
Sentence: When his wife asked him to mow the lawn, he ergasmed all over the floor.
Etymology: A combination of ergo (meaning work) and asm mfron spasm.
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Pronunciation: Can't-be-arsed-itis
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Etymology: The feeling of 'can't be arsed' as a potentially contagious disease.
Lurgy
Created by: CrimsonAngel666
Pronunciation: lur-gee
Sentence: Suddenly, John lurgied all over the floor at the mention of laundry.
Etymology:
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Created by: wordbird
Pronunciation: hi-per-do-tee-i-tis
Sentence: His work gland became inflamed when she mentioned cleaning the garage, causing a near fatal case of hyperdutyitis.
Etymology: hyper-overreaction; duty-duh!; itis-disease
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"
Shirkitis
Created by: Fleury
Pronunciation: sherk-EYE-tiss
Sentence: Bob came down with a sudden case of shirkitis when he heard the sound of the vacuum cleaner.
Etymology: "shirk" (to evade work) + "-itis" (suffix used in pathological terms that denotes an inflamation of organs
