Verboticism: Falsilnicity
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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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
Workermortis
Created by: Morganio
Pronunciation: worker-mort-iss
Sentence:
Etymology: From worker: a person who works and Mortis: Death, dying
Inertiatosis
Created by: tangledupinblue
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mom wanted me to clean my room but I was saved by a sudden attack of inertiatosis.
Etymology:
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.
Antiproactive
Created by: bothra
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Jim became antiproactive when Ben mentioned the lawn needed cutting.
Etymology:
Plamting
Created by: igho1207
Pronunciation: plam-ting
Sentence: Will you please stop planting!
Etymology:
Malorkway
Created by: bleucube
Pronunciation: Mal Ork Way
Sentence: Feeling Malorkway about the dishes.
Etymology: Mal meaning bad Orkway is work in pig latin
Chorealepsy
Created by: Blacklight
Pronunciation: Chore-a-lespsy
Sentence: Dad has a rare disease called chorealepsey
Etymology:
