Verboticism: Labourpained
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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Convenodeath
Created by: littleguybrush
Pronunciation: con-veen-o-death
Sentence: Dad pulled a convenodeath when asked to do the dishes.
Etymology: convenient plus death
Undignidied
Created by: crazytown
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After the cops found Joe's body, they concluded he had somehow undignidied sometime between cleaning his ears and clearing the table, or possibly doing both at the same time.
Etymology:
Chorlergy
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: chore-ler-gy
Sentence: Marvin had a terrible chorlergy. Paint made him break out in a rash, dust gave him hives, his toolbox gave him a collapsed spine and detergent was like kryptonite to his system.
Etymology: chore: tedious household task + allergy: a high sensitivity to certain substances that make the sufferer sneeze, break out in a rash or, in extreme cases, have to be rushed to the hospitalwith anaphalactic shock
Chorepossum
Created by: kafka
Pronunciation:
Sentence: At the first sign of work relegation, some will chorepossum, or feign death to escape strenuous labor.
Etymology: chore+opossum
Slackosis
Created by: sleep
Pronunciation: as it looks
Sentence: As Tom crawled into bed, he watched in horror as his wife had a slackotic siezure.
Etymology: slack + psychosis
Lurgy
Created by: CrimsonAngel666
Pronunciation: lur-gee
Sentence: Suddenly, John lurgied all over the floor at the mention of laundry.
Etymology:
Eschewitis
Created by: sisternyx
Pronunciation: es-shoo-i-tis
Sentence: Mom said the reason Dad has a headache every Saturday and can't go to grandma's house with us is that he has eschewitis.
Etymology: eschew itis
