Verboticism: Possumuity
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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Narconecroupsetitusfauxsymptomitum
Created by: ladieophilia
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: narco- L. sleep, necro- L. dead, upsetitus- L. desease pertaining to being upset, faux- Fr. fake, symptomitum L. a symptom of
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
Slackmaster
Created by: moltentim
Pronunciation: slak/mas/ter
Sentence: Mary's husband avoids work like a slackmaster.
Etymology: Of relation to a couch potato
Hyperdutyitis
Created by: wordbird
Pronunciation: hi-per-do-tee-i-tis
Sentence: His work gland became inflamed when she mentioned cleaning the garage, causing a near fatal case of hyperdutyitis.
Etymology: hyper-overreaction; duty-duh!; itis-disease
Narcavoidolepsy
Created by: robynlicious
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Sorry I couldn't set the table for dinner, but I had a wave of Narcavoidolepsy hit me so hard that I didn't think I'd even wake up to eat.
Etymology:
Mortivoid
Created by: grant0
Pronunciation: Mort-i-void
Sentence: "Oh not again! Joe's mortivoiding taking out the trash."
Etymology: From "morti-" meaning dead (as in mortician) and void from "avoid".
Potamobility
Created by: Bunny36
Pronunciation: Po-tah-moh-bill-i-tee
Sentence: Daddy seems to have come down with another case of potatamobility.
Etymology: Thought to have originated from the saying 'coach potato'.
