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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Taskphyxiate
Created by: DarthWader
Pronunciation: task fix ee 8
Sentence: Daddy was taskphyxiated by the piling snow in the driveway.
Etymology: task (work, business, havings-to-do) + asphyxiate (to kill by depriving of air)
Workphobia
Created by: xklamation
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Etymology: (english)work+(greek)phobia
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Lazilectitude
Created by: kmccardle
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Narcolazy
Created by: tenunda
Pronunciation: GNAR koh lay zee
Sentence: Why is Phil asleep? Oh, He's not, it's just and episode of narcolazy.
Etymology: "Narco", from the Ancient Greek "nark," which means numbness. "lazy" etymology is here: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lazy. The combination is an original construction.
Narconecroupsetitusfauxsymptomitum
Created by: ladieophilia
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Etymology: narco- L. sleep, necro- L. dead, upsetitus- L. desease pertaining to being upset, faux- Fr. fake, symptomitum L. a symptom of
Vigormortis
Created by: zwillinger
Pronunciation: viggerMORtiss
Sentence: Tom was overcome with VIGORMORTIS whenever asked to do anything strenuous.
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Tempacitated
Created by: breaddough
Pronunciation: tem-pass-ih-tayted
Sentence: When the time came to take out the garbage, he always managed to become tempacitated for just enough time for someone else to do it.
Etymology: just look at the word
