Verboticism: Ditchitis
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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Maturaphobia
Created by: jonique
Pronunciation: maturaphobia (ma*chur*a*fob*ee*a)
Sentence: Daddy forgot to pick me up from school due to his maturaphobia.
Etymology: maturaphobia stems from the word "mature", which is to grow and learn over a certain time period, and the word "phobia", which is to fear something. These two words together create "a fear of maturity or maturing"
Labourpained
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: lay bor paynd
Sentence: Tony had always become labourpained when it was time to do the dishes or help with chores. Amazing how many of his afflictions were cured by a nap on the couch. His wife Nicole got the last laugh. After her surgery, she had the doctor send her home with a note declaring she could not do heavy housework like vacuuming or snow shovelling for the next five years...her spouse would need to take over those duties.
Etymology: Labour (work) & Pained (hurt or upset)
Schlepoplexy
Created by: isopraxis
Pronunciation: schlep Oh plexee
Sentence: The task of filling a thousand sandbags is enough to give a guy a bad case of schlepoplexy.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- isopraxis, 2006-12-14: 00:05:00
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Procrastolepsy
Created by: DoubleMark
Pronunciation: pro-CRAS-to-lep-see
Sentence: We asked Bob to take out the trash an hour ago, but he was suddenly struck with a procrastoleptic fit.
Etymology: procrastination + narcolepsy
Comapose
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: koh-ma-poz
Sentence: Mitchell would go completely comapose whenever his wife asked him to do any chores around the house. This was relatively benign, until one day when they were driving home from cottage, and his wife thoughtlessly asked him if he could cut the grass when they got back to the city. He had just pulled into the passing lane, when he lost consciousness...
Etymology: comatose + pose (i.e. fake posture, stand still and do nothing)
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COMMENTS:
A Coma-ly word indeed! - Nosila, 2009-08-03: 22:58:00
great work, jrogan....you get my vote. - mweinmann, 2009-08-04: 07:34:00
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Choralysis
Created by: samara
Pronunciation: chore - alysis
Sentence: daddy got choralysis when mummy asked him to mow the lawn.
Etymology: a combination of the words chore and paralysis.
Deathargic
Created by: Jhurk
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "John became deathargic when asked to rake the lawn"
Etymology:
Flamboozled
Created by: Edburns
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The young toddler was flamboozled after his mother asked him to take out the trash.
Etymology:
