Verboticism: Workaphobia
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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Overchored
Created by: loosepiece
Pronunciation:
Sentence: dave was 'overchored' when it came to doing the washing up.
Etymology:
Suddenchoreattacksyndrome
Created by: truefedwa
Pronunciation: Sud-den-chor-at-tack-sen-drom
Sentence: "I'm sorry, ma'am. Your husband has Suddenchoreattacksyndrome. There's nothing we can do."
Etymology: Sudden+chore+attack+syndrome
Fakescape
Created by: ratibala
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My husband was fakescape at the site of me paying the bills.
Etymology:
Fuxing
Created by: Adamson
Pronunciation: fux-ing
Sentence: My dad is fuxing all day, never does a thing.
Etymology: fox (crafty as a)
Husbandishry
Created by: AcidPhysx
Pronunciation: hus-ban-dish-ree
Sentence: Where did that lazy bastard go? I asked him to take out the garbage! It's just his husbandishry acting up again
Etymology: From husband
Skivitis
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: sky-vy-tus
Sentence: Ironing is impossible for sufferers of skivitis.
Etymology: From "skive" which means to dodge work or skip school.
Spontyrigor
Created by: solsticesword
Pronunciation: sponte-rigor
Sentence: The man succumed to spontyrigor with a sudden fit of coughs.
Etymology: From spontanious meaning unexpected and rigor mortise, a phase of death.
Tascquarade
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: Task-ah-rade
Sentence: Every time someone asks me to help them with chores, I put on a tascquarade.
Etymology: task+evade+masquerade