Verboticism: Antichoreactinarianism
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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Chorolepsy
Created by: cataath
Pronunciation: Chore-o-lep-see
Sentence: Dad has chorolepsy, I can't wake him up!
Etymology: Chore - work around the house olepsy - last part of narcolepsy. ;)
Celaboraeger
Created by: Geekazoid
Pronunciation: hard c pronounce ke lAbor Ager (capitals are long vowels)
Sentence: I'm such a celaboraeger that when my mom wants me to do chores i pretend i'm dead
Etymology: noun verb is celaboraeging comes from the latin words cela : to hide laborat: to work aeger: to be sick
Possify
Created by: squirrelian
Pronunciation: possify
Sentence: If Bill comes looking for volunteers just possify until he goes away.
Etymology: derived from "playing possum" combined with "ossify"
Taskophobia
Created by: hvhtim
Pronunciation: tas-co-FO-be-ah
Sentence: taskophobia struck as soon as dishes were mentioned.
Etymology: task, -phobia
Takepartattack
Created by: wysware
Pronunciation: take-par-ta-tack
Sentence: When asked to contribute I had a sudden takepartattack
Etymology: take part (join in; contribute) attack (coronary)
Possumate
Created by: tripandahalf
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
I possumated when I saw I had to add a comment. - tripandahalf, 2006-12-13: 22:33:00
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Shirkitis
Created by: warped
Pronunciation: sherk-EYE-tiss
Sentence: Bob came down with a sudden case of shirkitis when he heard the sound of the vacuum cleaner.
Etymology: "shirk" (to evade work) + "-itis" (suffix used in pathological terms that denotes an inflamation of organs
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
