Verboticism: Workulosis
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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Nowantism
Created by: MrOliver
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Tracy's acute nowantism prevented her from washing the dishes.
Etymology:
Shwirk
Created by: ipswich78
Pronunciation: As it sounds
Sentence: He's just shwirking again...
Etymology: Combination of Shirk and work.
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COMMENTS:
Hey Ipswich78: Good word! I'm voting for it! - wordmeister, 2006-12-13: 13:38:00
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Dishporia
Created by: lordelph
Pronunciation: dish-*pore*-ree-ah
Sentence: I'm afraid your husband has uncurable dishporia
Etymology: In the middle ages, the dish-poor were peasants flogged for failing to complete chores assigned by the lord of the manor. The Victorians contracted this to dishpor, with Charles Dickens popularising the use of "dishporia" in The Pickwick Papers.
Helpingitis
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: hellp - in - ji - tiss
Sentence: Lawrence was suddenly struck with a severe case of helpingitis when Marjorie asked him to help wit the dishes. He became unable to get off the couch or stand up for about 45 minutes.
Etymology: help, meningitis (an infection of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord)
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COMMENTS:
They should call that dish detergent Palm-No-Live! - Nosila, 2009-08-03: 22:59:00
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Travailitis
Created by: andystephenson
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Work just gives me travailitis
Etymology:
Taskophobia
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: tas-co-FO-be-ah
Sentence: taskophobia struck as soon as dishes were mentioned.
Etymology: task, -phobia
Washeate
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: wash-e-8
Sentence: Just the thought of having to do all that laundry washeated me, and I spent the next 2 hours worshipping the porcelain deity.
Etymology: from nauseate and wash
Laziphasia
Created by: TheGentleSherpa
Pronunciation: Lay-Zee-Fay-Shi-Ah
Sentence: When asked to get off the couch so the crumbs could be collected for recycling, Stan was struck immobile by his overwhelming sense of Laziphasia.
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