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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Comapose: /koh-ma-poz/ Mitchell would go completely comapose whenever his wife asked him to do any chores around the house. This was relatively benign, until one day when they were driving home from cottage, and his wife thoughtlessly asked him if he could cut the grass when they got back to the city. He had just pulled into the passing lane, when he lost consciousness… Etymology: comatose + pose (i.e. fake posture, stand still and do nothing) Created by: jrogan.
Comments on Comapose:
Nosila, 2009-08-03: 22:58:00
A Coma-ly word indeed!mweinmann, 2009-08-04: 07:34:00
great work, jrogan….you get my vote.
Malingerist: /ma ling er ist/ Freddie reapplied the same acting skills as a malingerist to his wife that he had to his mother. Each chore that needed avoiding brought on different symptoms: The Vaccuuming Vapours,Dishes Disorder, Housework Handicap, Infant Care Infirmity; Shopping Sickness, Laundry Lameness and WashDay Wanness. The only known cures were a few words in his ear and a boot up his backside. Etymology: Malinger (to avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill)& -ist (suffix for: practicing a particular skill or profession or following a particular belief or school of thought…ie: idealist)
Created by: Nosila.
Rigoravoidis: /rigərəvoidəs/ The old gang liked to get together for a dinner out about once a month. Whenever it came time to pay the bill Wesley seems to come down with a case of rigoravoidis, unable to bend his elbow enough to reach either the tabletop or his wallet. Etymology: rigor mortis (stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body a few hours after death) + avoid (keep away from or stop oneself from doing something) Created by: artr.
Comments on Rigoravoidis:
Nosila, 2009-08-03: 23:01:00
Sounds like he wass checkcident prone!
Slobajob: /slob-a-job/ Uri was such a slobajob, well able to make a mess but incapable of cleaning one up. Etymology: Messy recycling of 1) Slob, somebody who would live in the own excrement and 2) Bob-a-job, to do a small task in return for a reward, especially by boy scouts. Created by: scrabbelicious.
Comments on Slobajob:
jrogan, 2009-08-04: 07:21:00
I know a few slobajobs… But I refuse to clean up after them. (Actually I just pretend to refuse, because I can’t stand the mess.)
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