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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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Impedimeant
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: IMPEDIment+MEANT
Sentence: The only thing he exercises is his imagination coming up with impedimeants to get out of doing any worthwhile work.
Etymology: IMPEDIment+MEANT
Ignorunt
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ig-ner-uhnt
Sentence: When Mom asks for someone to take out the trash Tommy is suddenly struck dumb, not having the knowledge or strength to handle the task seeing how he is the youngest. He is the ignorunt.
Etymology: ignorant (lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned) + runt (the smallest or weakest of a litter)
Lazigcuse
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: lay-zig-quece
Sentence: My old roomate seemed to come up with a new lazigcuse every day as the chores piled up.
Etymology: lazy+ignore+excuse
Canesthesia
Created by: urbanwookie
Pronunciation: kan-es-thee-see-ah
Sentence: Whenever there was anything that needed doing, Joe was a usually found to be in a state of canesthesia
Etymology: can (able to) + anesthesia (loss of awareness)
Incompretence
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: In-com-pree-tense
Sentence: Jack's incompretence fooled everyone except his mother, who was not convinced by his excuse that he could play tennis left-handed instead of taking out the trash.
Etymology: Incompetence + pretence
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COMMENTS:
Very good!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-29: 10:25:00
I like it. - ErWenn, 2007-03-29: 15:24:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-29: 16:03:00
Very clever! - jedijawa, 2007-03-30: 05:51:00
Love it! I've been incomptretent many a time! - simplysimon, 2007-04-02: 10:10:00
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Dishidence
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dish id ens
Sentence: When Jake's Mom asked him to tidy up and load the dishwasher after the 6 meals he ate at home each day, he reacted with dishidence. His mother, fed up with his laziness and failure to contribute financially to all these meals, placed an embargo on his activities by putting a padlock on the fridge and pantry cupboards. They could only be unlocked in exchange for chores performed around the house and getting out of bed before the crack of noon.
Etymology: Dishes (chore of washing crockery after each meal) & Dissidence (resistance/disagreement with existing rules/government;express opposition through action or words)
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
Workastallic
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: work/a/stall/ik
Sentence: A workastallic never runs out of excuses for putting off chores.
Etymology: workaholic + stall
Chorepalsy
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: chore-pall-see
Sentence: Billy would come down with chorepalsy every time his mom would ask him to do anything around the house, claiming inability to do the task.
Etymology: chore (task) + palsy (paralysis or condition)
