Verboticism: Hypoconmandriac
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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Choronary
Created by: gorillo
Pronunciation: Chore-o-nary
Sentence: Bob had a choronary when I asked him to take out the trash.
Etymology: chore+coronary
Emplochondriac
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: EM-plo-CHON-dree-ak
Sentence: Robert had a recurring problem - his emplochondriac tendencies surfaced every summer.
Etymology: emplo - from Latin 'implicari', to be involved chondria - from ancient Sumerian, to be conning yourself
Feignting
Created by: Mauserketi
Pronunciation: Fayn-ting
Sentence: Don't worry, Bob didn't faint. He's only feignting.
Etymology: From faint and feign.
Helpochondriac
Created by: john621
Pronunciation: help-o-kon-dree-ak
Sentence: Everytime the lawn needs mowing you get a new disease, I think you're making it up you helpochondriac.
Etymology:
Narcolazia
Created by: Prios
Pronunciation: Nar-ko-lah-zee-ah
Sentence: I tried to do my paper, but narcolazia would hit me every time I thought about it, and I'd wake up with a raging headache.
Etymology: Narco (from narke, "stupor") lazia (I'd type this one out but I can't be bothered)
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
Faintask
Created by: meiyas
Pronunciation:
Sentence: After the party he had another case of faintask, and I had to clean all the mess
Etymology: Faint - Task
Hyperdutyitis
Created by: wordbird
Pronunciation: hi-per-do-tee-i-tis
Sentence: His work gland became inflamed when she mentioned cleaning the garage, causing a near fatal case of hyperdutyitis.
Etymology: hyper-overreaction; duty-duh!; itis-disease
