Verboticism: Sherkitis
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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Chorevasia
Created by: attis
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The sound of vacuuming and a serious case of chorevasia put him out of action for hours.
Etymology:
Chorke
Created by: Annaquettar
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: to choke on chores
Narcoslacky
Created by: Verbepete
Pronunciation: nar-co-ss-lac-e
Sentence: Jim was overcome with a bout of narcoslacky right after his wife asked him to help with the dishes.
Etymology: Narcolepsy + Slacker
Workermortis
Created by: Morganio
Pronunciation: worker-mort-iss
Sentence:
Etymology: From worker: a person who works and Mortis: Death, dying
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
Domesticphobia
Created by: barkskin
Pronunciation: dom-est-ic-phob-i-a
Sentence: Brian has domesticphobia
Etymology:
Slobajob
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: slob-a-job
Sentence: Uri was such a slobajob, well able to make a mess but incapable of cleaning one up.
Etymology: Messy recycling of 1) Slob, somebody who would live in the own excrement and 2) Bob-a-job, to do a small task in return for a reward, especially by boy scouts.
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COMMENTS:
I know a few slobajobs... But I refuse to clean up after them. (Actually I just pretend to refuse, because I can't stand the mess.) - jrogan, 2009-08-04: 07:21:00
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