Verboticism: Workulosis

'Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?'

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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Impossum

Trystera

Created by: Trystera

Pronunciation: im-PAHS-some

Sentence: Shortly after Sarah asked Bernard to mow the lawn, she found him bedridden, playing impossum.

Etymology: Possum: Latin verb meaning "to be able" Im-: prefix meaning "not" "playing possum" : a defensive tactic of pretending to be dead so that predators have no interest in attacking

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Antiproactive

bothra

Created by: bothra

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Sentence: Jim became antiproactive when Ben mentioned the lawn needed cutting.

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Choresick

Created by: J03Yvanalstyne

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Unchoreful

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: un chor fil

Sentence: "Every time there are dirty dishes your father fakes back trouble. As usual he is so unchoreful"

Etymology: chore

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Laborfeign

Created by: Viveja

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Selfishia

Created by: Pyrophyle

Pronunciation: Sell-Fish-IA

Sentence: You won't believe what happened to me last week. I came down with selfishia when my roomates wanted me to help them clean the house.

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Opusaphobic

Created by: galwaywegian

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Slackipseudoailment

Created by: knave

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Tempopossumitis

Created by: jennypenny210

Pronunciation: tempohpossuhmitis

Sentence: play dead till all the work is done

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Deadoworked

Created by: antonhere

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Etymology: deadly worked

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