Verboticism: Choresick
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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Narcotasky
Created by: librarian
Pronunciation: nar'co-tasky
Sentence:
Etymology: narcolepsy + tasks
Unreworcoleptic
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: Un/weur/ko/lep/tic
Sentence: This person in unreworkoleptic... He can't even hear of unrewarding activites without fainting.
Etymology: Base of "un", mixed with "work" arranged with a C rather than a K, and "leptic" comes from "narcoleptic" ^^
Slothitus
Created by: Flakey
Pronunciation: 'slOth-'I-t&s
Sentence: I beleive he is suffering from slothitus, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or "yuppie flu".
Etymology:
Weetotaller
Created by: helanren
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Uncle Joe used to be a workaholic, but after thorough counselling he is now a healthy weetotaller
Etymology: obvious opposite of workaholic, mimicking the relation between t-totaller and alcoholic
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COMMENTS:
After some more thinking, I have decided weewowaller would be better. Totally incomprehensible I guess, but it sounds so much better! - helanren, 2006-12-14: 12:19:00
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Excusident
Created by: Peppie
Pronunciation: ik-'skyü-z&-dent
Sentence: Janet had an excusident when her mother asked her to vacuum the room.
Etymology: Having an accident to be excused from something. Excused, accident, excusident.
Choreitus
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: Chore-Ite-us
Sentence: When Dad had was asked to do the dishes he had a sudden fit of choreitus
Etymology: From the English Word Chore and the English -itus a common extension for illnesses
Disemptrant
Created by: Divakar
Pronunciation: diss-EMP-trint
Sentence: John the slacker quickly became disemptrant when his girlfriend Jill asked him to clean the apartment.
Etymology: dis (not) + employer (french for "employ")
Workolepsy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: wərkəlepsē
Sentence: Whenever the subject of chores comes up Ralph develops a strange condition where he instantly nods off. He has tried his protest that it is a medical condition called workolepsy. The only problem is that every time he makes an effort to explain, he dozes off.
Etymology: work (activity involving mental or physical effort) + Narcolepsy (a condition characterized by an extreme tendency to fall asleep whenever in relaxing surroundings)
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COMMENTS:
:) - galwaywegian, 2010-12-07: 09:57:00
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