Verboticism: Laborcondria
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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Idlitisis
Created by: ladyjd
Pronunciation: Eye/del/eye/tis/sis
Sentence: Suffering from idlitisis can be severly draining, especially for the rest of the family and work colleagues.
Etymology: idle:habitually doing nothing or avoiding work; -itis: Inflammation or disease of
Laziplasia
Created by: swifttwinkie
Pronunciation: lay-zuh-play-shuh
Sentence: Tom's laziplasia usually flares up after lunch during the work week and is especially bad on Sunday afternoons and Monday nights.
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Boreshock
Created by: akvoD3
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After repeatedly being told to do his chores, Jenny suffered from boreshock.
Etymology:
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.
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Ergotoxication
Created by: mugwai
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: latin work(ergo)poison(toxica)
Laborophobia
Created by: johnnyrockett
Pronunciation: Lay-boar-o-fo-bee-a
Sentence: The moment he heard the vacuum cleaner, he felt laborophobic.
Etymology: Combination of Labor (work) and phobia (an unrealistic fear.)
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.
Futral
Created by: vladtheimpala
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As the argument between his wife and mother degenerated to new lows, Barry remained futral.
Etymology: Futile and Neutral
Taskaphobiysim
Created by: stormee
Pronunciation: task-a-foebee-ism
Sentence: Her husband had a sudden attack of taskaphoiyism when it came time to mow the lawn.
Etymology: A sudden illness related to task related work.
Convenimortis
Created by: Harukio
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When ever Smith was approached to work on a project, he was overcome by sudden convenimortis and would not come to until his lunch break.
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