Verboticism: Convenimortis
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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Lazypossumazidis
Created by: ltapilot
Pronunciation: lazy possum a** idis
Sentence: Andy Capps has a bad case of lazypossumidis.
Etymology:
Faintask
Created by: meiyas
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After the party he had another case of faintask, and I had to clean all the mess
Etymology: Faint - Task
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.
Slackout
Created by: Jonno
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Being of a slothful disposition, Jed was prone to slackout during Spring cleaning.
Etymology: A blackout suffered by the slack.
Slothophrenia
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: " Slaw-tho-frenia"
Sentence: A victim of slothophrenia, when introduced to any type of household chore, may exhibit signs of extreme anxiety, mental distress and or death.
Etymology: from the greek Slothocus dethacus
Flunched
Created by: frobro808
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i'm flunched! i don't think i can make it to work today.
Etymology:
Plamting
Created by: igho1207
Pronunciation: plam-ting
Sentence: Will you please stop planting!
Etymology:
Actruist
Created by: Coolfool
Pronunciation: "Act" + truist as in altruist.
Sentence: Don't worry, dear. He won't be such an actruist once the dishes are done.
Etymology: Derived as an antonym of altruism, which is an unselfish concern for others. Actruism is an apt word, as an antonym, as his actions are the opposite of those of an altruist, as his behaviour is a self-serving "act".
Shirkolepsy
Created by: Sissyphus
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Meg had a shirkoleptic fit after the beer was gone and it was time to carry the boxes downstairs.
Etymology: shirk(avoid duty) + lepsy(seizure)
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COMMENTS:
Good Word Siss! - wordmeister, 2006-12-13: 13:39:00
First time user here. I have to say, after seeing this word, I can tell I'm in the big leagues. It's a beautiful funny word. - oxhead, 2006-12-13: 17:22:00
top word. Hits the nail on the head. - erasmus, 2006-12-18: 07:07:00
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