Verboticism: Rigormorvenience
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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Slothitus
Created by: Flakey
Pronunciation: 'slOth-'I-t&s
Sentence: I beleive he is suffering from slothitus, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or "yuppie flu".
Etymology:
Workaphobia
Created by: humbug
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have such a terrible case of workaphobia that I once told my boss my entire family died to miss work.
Etymology:
Latharengitis
Created by: dinglejerry
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When his dad told him to mow the lawn, Billy instantly became stricken with Latharengitis.
Etymology:
Procrastindie
Created by: bortman
Pronunciation: pro-CRAS-tin-die
Sentence: Daddy procrastindied when mommy asked him to do the dishes.
Etymology:
Possify
Created by: squirrelian
Pronunciation: possify
Sentence: If Bill comes looking for volunteers just possify until he goes away.
Etymology: derived from "playing possum" combined with "ossify"
Mortifugaciousness
Created by: oxhead
Pronunciation: I think the two words, mortify and fugacious, flow well into each other
Sentence: He's suffering a bout of mortifugaciousness.
Etymology: Latin...mors, mort: death fugax > fugacious: temporary
Slackache
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: SLAK-ayk
Sentence: Whenever called upon to work late, Jim developed a slackache that forced him to go home ill.
Etymology: slacker + backache
Workolepsy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wərkəlepsē
Sentence: Whenever the subject of chores comes up Ralph develops a strange condition where he instantly nods off. He has tried his protest that it is a medical condition called workolepsy. The only problem is that every time he makes an effort to explain, he dozes off.
Etymology: work (activity involving mental or physical effort) + Narcolepsy (a condition characterized by an extreme tendency to fall asleep whenever in relaxing surroundings)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-12-07: 09:57:00
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