Verboticism: Dutophasia
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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Workdead
Created by: LostAccount
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W - LostAccount, 2006-12-14: 00:35:00
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Antiproactive
Created by: bothra
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jim became antiproactive when Ben mentioned the lawn needed cutting.
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Temporamortis
Created by: Jewlicious
Pronunciation: TEM pruh mohr tis
Sentence: I had a bout of temporamortis earlier today, but I should be fine now.
Etymology: From the latin root temp- for time and mortis for death
Couchhusband
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: cowch huz bund
Sentence: The couchhusband felt no guilt as the years passed & the dishes were washed without him.
Etymology: couch + husband
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COMMENTS:
http://neologisms.us - memexikon, 2006-12-13: 23:52:00
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Washeate
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: wash-e-8
Sentence: Just the thought of having to do all that laundry washeated me, and I spent the next 2 hours worshipping the porcelain deity.
Etymology: from nauseate and wash
Chorecoma
Created by: misterdoug
Pronunciation: 'chor kO-m&
Sentence: ...
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Psychostallmatic
Created by: aly22
Pronunciation: sī'kō-stall-măt'ĭk
Sentence: Psychostallmatic disorders have definite - but temporary - physical symptoms but are thought to be caused by emotional or psychological factors.
Etymology: psychosomatic and stall
Maturaphobia
Created by: jonique
Pronunciation: maturaphobia (ma*chur*a*fob*ee*a)
Sentence: Daddy forgot to pick me up from school due to his maturaphobia.
Etymology: maturaphobia stems from the word "mature", which is to grow and learn over a certain time period, and the word "phobia", which is to fear something. These two words together create "a fear of maturity or maturing"