Verboticism: Shirkicize
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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Workaphobia
Created by: humbug
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have such a terrible case of workaphobia that I once told my boss my entire family died to miss work.
Etymology:
Choreshirking
Created by: matkline
Pronunciation: Just as it is spelled.
Sentence: "I'm so sick of James' choreshirking - I think I want a divorce."
Etymology: Portmanteau of chore and shirk.
Effortaphobia
Created by: babel
Pronunciation: ef-fort-a-pho-bee-a
Sentence: Billy always felt a sudden rush of effortaphobia whenever the ironing board was near.
Etymology: effort + phobia
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
Cantbearseditis
Created by: LordJono
Pronunciation: Can't-be-arsed-itis
Sentence: John had lots of work to do, but was struck down with a terminal case of cantbearseditis
Etymology: The feeling of 'can't be arsed' as a potentially contagious disease.
Laboracide
Created by: janham
Pronunciation: lay-bore-a-syd
Sentence: John went into laboracide after he was told to do the dishes.
Etymology: labor-as in work a-just there to make it cooler cide-as in suicide
Slackmaster
Created by: moltentim
Pronunciation: slak/mas/ter
Sentence: Mary's husband avoids work like a slackmaster.
Etymology: Of relation to a couch potato
