Verboticism: Hypochondrelepsy
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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Feignting
Created by: Mauserketi
Pronunciation: Fayn-ting
Sentence: Don't worry, Bob didn't faint. He's only feignting.
Etymology: From faint and feign.
Shillness
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: shill-ness
Sentence: Norbert quickly feigned a long-term shillness when he saw the lawn was needing cut and the much prayed for rain had not materialised.
Etymology: shill -> illness
Malaze
Created by: neruka
Pronunciation: Muh-laze
Sentence: The quick, brown fox jumped over the malazin' dog
Etymology: Malaise + Laze
Flegate
Created by: currentlyinsolitude
Pronunciation: fli-gate
Sentence: When asked to sweep the floor, Jon flegated, and had to be rushed to the hospital.
Etymology: German
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Convenodeath
Created by: littleguybrush
Pronunciation: con-veen-o-death
Sentence: Dad pulled a convenodeath when asked to do the dishes.
Etymology: convenient plus death
Workophobic
Created by: kevinrio
Pronunciation: Work O Phobic
Sentence: "Honey, I have learnt a new word today, it's 'workophobic'. Ask me to do something and you'll understand its meaning!"
Etymology: work - phobic
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Lazilepsy
Created by: walkingdistraction
Pronunciation: laze-i-leps-ie
Sentence: His bizarre condition, lazilepsy, has caused him to miss work for 3 days this week.
Etymology: lazy+epilepsy
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
