Verboticism: Pseudomortisize

'Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?'

DEFINITION: To be physically overcome by a sudden illness, disability, or even death when asked to participate in unrewarding activities -- like work, or household chores.

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Pseudomortisize

Created by: Dboozer

Pronunciation: soo-dough-more-tih-size

Sentence: Vinny pseudomortized so well that his wife regularly tried to have him embalmed, usually on Sundays when the grass needed mowed.

Etymology: pseudo (false, fake) + mortis (death) + ize (verb)

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Comments: Pseudomortisize

Jabberwocky - 2007-07-12: 12:45:00
the lazy sod !! but I hear her neighbour is a rake