Verboticism: Grompulate
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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Fatalysis
Created by: Adamm
Pronunciation: Fay-tal-iss-iss
Sentence: "My brother comes over with a bout of Fatalysis at the mere sight of a dishcloth."
Etymology: A fusion of the words Fatal and Paralysis, as the "victim" becomes paralysed to such an extreme that a fatality is sometimes believed to have occoured.
Napendicitis
Created by: sfts2
Pronunciation: na-pen-di-ci-tus
Sentence: I have a chronic case of napendicitis
Etymology:
Hypolethargiac
Created by: misnomer
Pronunciation: Hi/po/le/thar/gee/ak
Sentence: The man was a hypolethargiac; the thought of visiting his in-laws caused George to come down suddenly with a very serious case of some obscure affliction.
Etymology: Hypochondriac; lethargy.
Laboracide
Created by: janham
Pronunciation: lay-bore-a-syd
Sentence: John went into laboracide after he was told to do the dishes.
Etymology: labor-as in work a-just there to make it cooler cide-as in suicide
Taskophobia
Created by: kdhills
Pronunciation: tas-co-FO-be-ah
Sentence: taskophobia struck as soon as dishes were mentioned.
Etymology: task, -phobia
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
Psychostallmatic
Created by: aly22
Pronunciation: sī'kō-stall-măt'ĭk
Sentence: Psychostallmatic disorders have definite - but temporary - physical symptoms but are thought to be caused by emotional or psychological factors.
Etymology: psychosomatic and stall
