Verboticism: Labourcede
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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Cantbearseditis
Created by: LordJono
Pronunciation: Can't-be-arsed-itis
Sentence: John had lots of work to do, but was struck down with a terminal case of cantbearseditis
Etymology: The feeling of 'can't be arsed' as a potentially contagious disease.
Menagitis
Created by: sweetclarity
Pronunciation: m-eh-n-ah-j-eye-t-ih-s.
Sentence: "I have some bad news: it's menagitis."
Etymology: from the French "menage", meaning "household chores" & the dead language "itis", meaning "sickness". The resemblance to "meningitis" is completely uncoincidental.
Lazividy
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: lay-ziff-ity
Sentence: We were supposed to do some springcleaning on the weekend, but were overcome by lazividy.
Etymology: lazy levidity
Comapose
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: koh-ma-poz
Sentence: Mitchell would go completely comapose whenever his wife asked him to do any chores around the house. This was relatively benign, until one day when they were driving home from cottage, and his wife thoughtlessly asked him if he could cut the grass when they got back to the city. He had just pulled into the passing lane, when he lost consciousness...
Etymology: comatose + pose (i.e. fake posture, stand still and do nothing)
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COMMENTS:
A Coma-ly word indeed! - Nosila, 2009-08-03: 22:58:00
great work, jrogan....you get my vote. - mweinmann, 2009-08-04: 07:34:00
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Dishporia
Created by: lordelph
Pronunciation: dish-*pore*-ree-ah
Sentence: I'm afraid your husband has uncurable dishporia
Etymology: In the middle ages, the dish-poor were peasants flogged for failing to complete chores assigned by the lord of the manor. The Victorians contracted this to dishpor, with Charles Dickens popularising the use of "dishporia" in The Pickwick Papers.
Fludiddle
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: flew-diddle
Sentence: I get the fluddidle every weekend when my wife asks me to clean up the yard.
Etymology: flu-do-diddle
Workaphobia
Created by: humbug
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have such a terrible case of workaphobia that I once told my boss my entire family died to miss work.
Etymology:
Narconecroupsetitusfauxsymptomitum
Created by: ladieophilia
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: narco- L. sleep, necro- L. dead, upsetitus- L. desease pertaining to being upset, faux- Fr. fake, symptomitum L. a symptom of
Antichoreactinarianism
Created by: NIDWU
Pronunciation: Anti-Chore-Act-in-ar-ee-a-nism
Sentence:
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