{"id":1092,"date":"2010-12-09T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2010-12-09T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T17:00:12","slug":"workolepsy-mommy-is-daddy-playing-dead-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1092","title":{"rendered":"Workolepsy: Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To be physically overcome by a sudden illness, disability, or even death when asked to participate in unrewarding activities &#8212; like work, or household chores. <em>n.<\/em> A person who gets sick when asked to work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/work.gif\" alt=\"Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Workolepsy<\/strong>:  \/<em>w\u00c9\u2122rk\u00c9\u2122leps\u00c4\u201c<\/em>\/ Whenever the subject of chores comes up Ralph develops a strange condition where he instantly nods off. He has tried his protest that it is a medical condition called workolepsy. The only problem is that every time he makes an effort to explain, he dozes off. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  work (activity involving mental or physical effort) + Narcolepsy (a condition characterized by an extreme tendency to fall asleep whenever in relaxing surroundings) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Workolepsy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2010-12-07: 09:57:00<\/em> <br \/>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Labourpained<\/strong>:  \/<em>lay bor paynd<\/em>\/ Tony had always become labourpained when it was time to do the dishes or help with chores. Amazing how many of his afflictions were cured by a nap on the couch.  His wife Nicole got the last laugh. After her surgery, she had the doctor send her home with a note declaring she could not do heavy housework like vacuuming or snow shovelling for the next five years&#8230;her spouse would need to take over those duties. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Labour (work) &amp; Pained (hurt or upset)  <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Physick<\/strong>:  \/<em>fee-sick<\/em>\/ As a noun:<br \/>\nHe is such a physick.<br \/>\nHis physick is acting up again.<br \/>\n <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Physically<br \/>\nSick <em>Created by:<\/em> k28en.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hypoconmandriac<\/strong>:  \/<em>hie poh kon mand ree ak<\/em>\/ A hypoconmandriac calle Joe<br \/>\nPicked up germs whereever he&#8217;s go.<br \/>\nbut his flu symptoms flew<br \/>\nwhen the work whistle blew,<br \/>\nas he sprinted for the exit do&#8217; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  hypochondriac, con man <em>Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=work\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=work<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v. To be physically overcome by a sudden illness, disability, or even death when asked to participate in unrewarding activities &#8212; like work, or household chores. n. A person who gets sick when asked to work. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Workolepsy: \/w\u00c9\u2122rk\u00c9\u2122leps\u00c4\u201c\/ Whenever the subject of chores comes up Ralph &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1092\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Workolepsy: Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}