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DEFINITION: n. A specialized inability, or area of "chosen incompetency", based on an individual's need to avoid certain unpleasant tasks. v. To avoid responsibility by claiming incompetence.
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Chorenography
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: chor/ee/no/grafee
Sentence: With the proper chorenography he skirted every chore in the house
Etymology: choreography + chore + NO
Disatrashity
Created by: andywells
Pronunciation: Dis-ah-trash-ity
Sentence: My husband has been diagnosed with disatrashity, so it looks like i'll be the one taking the bins out each week.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
I quite like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-19: 05:47:00
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Chorepunk
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: chor-punk
Sentence: "Doug claims that if he takes Fido out for a walk he might accidentally lose him. He is such a chorepunk."
Etymology: chore; punk
Flexibull
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: flex + ih + bull
Sentence: He's pretty flexibull, you'd be amazed at all the things he can't figure out how to do.
Etymology: flexible + bull
Procignoration
Created by: PythianHabenero
Pronunciation: pro-kig-nor-ation
Sentence: His current procignoration is a professed inability to study for tests.
Etymology: "Procrastination" + "ignorance" with help from "proactive" and of course "-ation".
Procrastilazation
Created by: Jaxies
Pronunciation: /pro-kras-ti-laze-ay-shun/
Sentence: "I can't tidy up my room - I suffer from procrastilazation, which makes doing mundane tasks very painful."
Etymology: Procrastination + lazy
Litterllergic
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: lit-er-lerj-ik
Sentence: Greg was the atypical litterllregic teen. Able to live in his own s**t bur clean it up??? C'mon get real!
Etymology: litter - rubbish, refuse, garbage; allergic - averse to
Abchoretion
Created by: azazn
Pronunciation: Ab-chore-shin
Sentence: Saturday is chore day? I think I'm going to need an 'abchoretion' that day.
Etymology: abortion: failure in or of a plan. chore: the everyday housework. chore is stuck in at the 'or' sound in abortion
Vexpertise
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: vecks-per-TEES
Sentence: Although Josh was horrible at all the household chores, Ellen soon learned that his area of vexpertise was doing the dishes. Once he "did" them, they never needed to be done again.
Etymology: vex + expertise
Imbeskill
Created by: ShaggE
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I used my imbeskill to avoid cleaning the kitchen.
Etymology: Imbecile+ Skill
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COMMENTS:
Good thinking! - wordmeister, 2007-03-31: 17:31:00
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