Verboticism: Dishporia
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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Ahandypox
Created by: oohisay
Pronunciation: a-handy-pox
Sentence: When asked to lend a hand with the deck building, Roger was stricken with a bout of ahandypox.
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Graftophobic
Created by: Chunk01
Pronunciation: graf-toe-fo-bic
Sentence: I'd love to help but I'm afraid I'm graftophobic
Etymology: Graft + Phobic
Lazylepsi
Created by: verndo
Pronunciation: LAY Zee Lep See
Sentence: Just as an epilepsy attack can strike with a sudden flash of light so too can a lazylepsi attack with a sudden to-do list or chore request.
Etymology: Lazy and Epilepsy
Fuster
Created by: Acostell
Pronunciation: fuhstir
Sentence: He fustered fain he were to injure his back sweeping the kitchen.
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Emplochondriac
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: EM-plo-CHON-dree-ak
Sentence: Robert had a recurring problem - his emplochondriac tendencies surfaced every summer.
Etymology: emplo - from Latin 'implicari', to be involved chondria - from ancient Sumerian, to be conning yourself
