Verboticism: Narcotasky

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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Choronary
Created by: gorillo
Pronunciation: Chore-o-nary
Sentence: Bob had a choronary when I asked him to take out the trash.
Etymology: chore+coronary
Choreaphobia
Created by: dahlea
Pronunciation: chore-a-phobia
Sentence: Dave's choreaphobia flared up when his wife asked for help with the dishes.
Etymology:
Vigormortis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: vig-er-mawr-tis
Sentence: Tony is an active, if slightly paunchy, dad. He plays with the kids. He even rides his bike a couple days a week. A strange affliction hits him when household chores are mentioned. He immediately comes down with acute vigormortis, a condition where all energy drains from his body to the point that he can barely lift a finger. The cure comes as quickly as it manifests as soon as the chore is complete or even assigned to someone else.
Etymology: vigor (healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality) + rigor mortis (the stiffening of the body after death)
Chronicworkapation
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: kronik-work-ah-pay-shun
Sentence: Suddenly, Bob had an attack of chronicworkapation and fell down to the floor!
Etymology: chronic + work
Moilady
Created by: Tesla
Pronunciation: moil-a-dee
Sentence: Bob suffered from severe moilady, breaking out in hives whenever laundry was mentioned.
Etymology: Moil + malady
Workolepsy
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: work/o/lep/sy (long o sound in second syllable)
Sentence: When things need to be done you can count on his workolepsy disorder to kick in.
Etymology: work + narcolepsy
Andycapped
Created by: Thunderfoot
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Whenever Doris asks Jim to do anything during Monday Night Football, Jim suddenly becomes andycapped.
Etymology: From the cartoon character Andy Capp, who is a lazy, unmotivated drunkard.
Fakidieorillaphelia
Created by: dsingleton
Pronunciation: Fake-e-die-or-ill-a-phelia
Sentence: Can't come into work today, I've got "Fakidieorillaphelia"
Etymology:
