Verboticism: Tascquarade
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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Partivoidicitis
Created by: jigendalitwoforks
Pronunciation: par-tih-voy-dis-eye-tus
Sentence: Joey claimed to have partivoidicitis after his father handed him the lawnmower.
Etymology:
Dutophasia
Created by: doogman
Pronunciation: doo-toe-fay-shah
Sentence: When asked to clean up the cat's vomit, George suddenly collapsed from dutophasia.
Etymology: From that Latin 'Duto' (work) and Phasia (illness)
Fauxsthumous
Created by: talius
Pronunciation: Foe-stu-mus
Sentence:
Etymology: faux-fake posthumous-after death
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.
Etymology:
Shwirk
Created by: ipswich78
Pronunciation: As it sounds
Sentence: He's just shwirking again...
Etymology: Combination of Shirk and work.
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COMMENTS:
Hey Ipswich78: Good word! I'm voting for it! - wordmeister, 2006-12-13: 13:38:00
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Slothophrenia
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: " Slaw-tho-frenia"
Sentence: A victim of slothophrenia, when introduced to any type of household chore, may exhibit signs of extreme anxiety, mental distress and or death.
Etymology: from the greek Slothocus dethacus
Exercispire
Created by: johnsto
Pronunciation: Exersi-spired
Sentence: Alice can't do it; she's exercispired.
Etymology: Exert (to do work) + expire (to die/end)
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COMMENTS:
im rubbish - johnsto, 2006-12-13: 07:29:00
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