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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.
Verboticisms
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Narcolazy
Created by: tenunda
Pronunciation: GNAR koh lay zee
Sentence: Why is Phil asleep? Oh, He's not, it's just and episode of narcolazy.
Etymology: "Narco", from the Ancient Greek "nark," which means numbness. "lazy" etymology is here: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lazy. The combination is an original construction.
Tascquarade
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: Task-ah-rade
Sentence: Every time someone asks me to help them with chores, I put on a tascquarade.
Etymology: task+evade+masquerade
Lazipossumate
Created by: lennyjaxn
Pronunciation: Ley-zee-POS-uh-meyt
Sentence: The request of Mrs. Johnson for her husband to clean out the garage caused the unfortunate man to lazipossumate until she left.
Etymology: From the low German lasich - languid, and American Indian opposum - he who plays dead
Celaboraeger
Created by: Geekazoid
Pronunciation: hard c pronounce ke lAbor Ager (capitals are long vowels)
Sentence: I'm such a celaboraeger that when my mom wants me to do chores i pretend i'm dead
Etymology: noun verb is celaboraeging comes from the latin words cela : to hide laborat: to work aeger: to be sick
Graftophobic
Created by: Chunk01
Pronunciation: graf-toe-fo-bic
Sentence: I'd love to help but I'm afraid I'm graftophobic
Etymology: Graft + Phobic
Tempopossumitis
Created by: jennypenny210
Pronunciation: tempohpossuhmitis
Sentence: play dead till all the work is done
Etymology:
Morbidleness
Created by: elvisharwen
Pronunciation: morb-IDLE-ness (morb eye dul ness)
Sentence: He was overcome by a sudden attack of morbidleness after being asked to do the dishes.
Etymology: morbid: that of, or relating to, death idle: laziness, procrastination
Helpingitis
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: hellp - in - ji - tiss
Sentence: Lawrence was suddenly struck with a severe case of helpingitis when Marjorie asked him to help wit the dishes. He became unable to get off the couch or stand up for about 45 minutes.
Etymology: help, meningitis (an infection of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord)
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COMMENTS:
They should call that dish detergent Palm-No-Live! - Nosila, 2009-08-03: 22:59:00
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Choraphobia
Created by: drakkendan
Pronunciation: chore-a-fobia
Sentence: He is suffering from choraphobia
Etymology:
Comments:
Divakar - 2006-12-13: 02:03:00
Hey guys...I'm new and maybe I'm misunderstanding something. It's called "verbotomy" but do our words have to be verbs? Because to me, this seems to ask for an adjective. I mean, "To fake a sudden..." or "To react with sudden illness..." would sound more verbish.
wordmeister - 2006-12-13: 03:02:00
Hey Divakar, Any kind of word will do, as long as it is you can use it in a sentence. And the funnier that sentence that more votes you'll get...
verbatul - 2006-12-13: 07:54:00
Divakar has a point though. An attempt should be made to supply a verb when one is asked for (and still maintain wit).
BaruMonkey - 2006-12-13: 10:32:00
insofar as the name of the game is concerned... Verboseness, Verbosity (n) - An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words.
DarthWader - 2006-12-13: 11:53:00
I agree with Divakar... The definition begins with "To be..." not "The condition of..." Verb, verb, verb. Verb is the worb.
Hey Players,
As you may have noticed we have lot's of new Verbotomists. Welcome to everyone! We are working on setting up a grouping system, so that we can play in smaller groups... We will keep you posted, as we update the system! Cheers, James
warped - 2006-12-13: 13:40:00
Bah, I should read the list FIRST next time: I accidently ended up using someone else's word (shirkitis). Ah well. Also, grouping people into smaller groups would be great, it seems we got a flood of people from Jay Is Games...
wordmeister - 2006-12-13: 13:45:00
Hey read the sentence for Workumvent -- it's funny
TheCapn - 2006-12-13: 20:57:00
Im pretty sure there is a real word for this...
TheCapn - 2006-12-13: 21:16:00
There is, its "Malinger"
- 2006-12-13: 22:12:00
DarthWader, "verb" also refers to words and speech, as in the words "verbal" and "verbalize," or as BaruMonkey pointed out, "verbose." Thus this game is not about the part of speech called "verb," but rather about words in general.
oxhead - 2006-12-14: 00:09:00
Bifurcated Rivets posted a link to your site recently. That's how I got here.
missparaguay1991 - 2006-12-15: 10:34:00
James you are geniatic! how didn't I think of possibilizing such a fun game! At least we've you! Congreetings!
Hey missparaguay, Thanks for the compliment. What really amazes me, is the super-creativity of all our the players -- there are so many terrific words and sentences! ~ James
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