Verboticism: Slothitus
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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Workphobia
Created by: xklamation
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: (english)work+(greek)phobia
Gluttering
Created by: Anctus
Pronunciation: Glu/te/ring
Sentence: And once he was asked to clean the toilet he fell gluttering to the floor.
Etymology: Gluttony+loitering
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)
Disemptrant
Created by: Divakar
Pronunciation: diss-EMP-trint
Sentence: John the slacker quickly became disemptrant when his girlfriend Jill asked him to clean the apartment.
Etymology: dis (not) + employer (french for "employ")
Actruist
Created by: Coolfool
Pronunciation: "Act" + truist as in altruist.
Sentence: Don't worry, dear. He won't be such an actruist once the dishes are done.
Etymology: Derived as an antonym of altruism, which is an unselfish concern for others. Actruism is an apt word, as an antonym, as his actions are the opposite of those of an altruist, as his behaviour is a self-serving "act".
Laboratose
Created by: gogogadget
Pronunciation: Lay-boor-a-toes
Sentence: When Sally's mother told her to finish her homework, a laboratose feeling swept over her, forcing her to continue watching LOST reruns.
Etymology: labor+comatose
Necrochoria
Created by: Stinah
Pronunciation: neck-crow-chore-ee-yah
Sentence: Dan suffered a severe case of necrochoria, and thus took preventive measures to ensure that he was always out of the room when dinner's done and dusted, and the dirty dishes sat there leeringly.
Etymology:
Pullasickia
Created by: deviant
Pronunciation: Pull-Ay-Sicky-aaah
Sentence: Internal inspection should be announced on the day of the inspection to invoid cronic bouts of pullasickia.
Etymology: From the pronunciation, to pull a sickie, taking time off work while faking illness usually to avoid an unpleasant activity or allow attendance of something more entertaining, like a few extra days on holiday or to cover for needing to do the dishes.
