Verboticism: Skivitis
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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Lazick
Created by: lebeast
Pronunciation: lay-zick
Sentence: After learning she had to cook for 234 guests that evening, she became very lazick, and unable to complete the task at hand.
Etymology: lazy+sick
Choreusattakus
Created by: Ziplock
Pronunciation: Chore-E-Us-Attack-Us
Sentence: He was struck with ChoreusAttakus when asked to clean out the garage.
Etymology:
Cantbearseditis
Created by: LordJono
Pronunciation: Can't-be-arsed-itis
Sentence: John had lots of work to do, but was struck down with a terminal case of cantbearseditis
Etymology: The feeling of 'can't be arsed' as a potentially contagious disease.
Thazhoozwork
Created by: btkantz
Pronunciation: that-is-hoes- work
Sentence: daddy and chuck thazhoozwork the women in the house with any chores
Etymology:
Falstubbornazy
Created by: paperpieces
Pronunciation: Fal-stuh-born-nay-zee
Sentence: I don't know if I can go out tonight, I have a lot of work to do, I could falstubbornaze and sneak out?
Etymology: Fal- meaning false, stubborn meaning selfish, -azy from lazy.
Mortifugaciousness
Created by: oxhead
Pronunciation: I think the two words, mortify and fugacious, flow well into each other
Sentence: He's suffering a bout of mortifugaciousness.
Etymology: Latin...mors, mort: death fugax > fugacious: temporary
