{"id":1468,"date":"2012-05-09T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2012-05-09T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T16:00:16","slug":"unchoreful-mommy-is-daddy-playing-dead-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"Unchoreful: 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>Unchoreful<\/strong>:  \/<em>un chor fil<\/em>\/ &#8220;Every time there are dirty dishes your father fakes back trouble.  As usual he is so unchoreful&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  chore <em>Created by:<\/em> Koekbroer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vigormortis<\/strong>:  \/<em>vig-er-mawr-tis<\/em>\/ Tony is an active, if slightly paunchy, dad. He plays with the kids. He even rides his bike a couple days a week. A strange affliction hits him when household chores are mentioned. He immediately comes down with acute vigormortis, a condition where all energy drains from his body to the point that he can barely lift a finger. The cure comes as quickly as it manifests as soon as the chore is complete or even assigned to someone else. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  vigor (healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality) + rigor mortis (the stiffening of the body after death) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eschewitis<\/strong>:  \/<em>es-shoo-i-tis<\/em>\/ Mom said the reason Dad has a headache every Saturday and can&#8217;t go to grandma&#8217;s house with us is that he has eschewitis. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  eschew itis <em>Created by:<\/em> sisternyx.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Labore<\/strong>:  \/<em>lay bor<\/em>\/ After just a few months, Hilary discovered that her hubby, Bill, was a labore. When asked to do something minute, like vacuum or empty the dishwasher, he became ill, even in trying to summon the courage to follow his wife&#8217;s instructions. The excuses were always alike&#8230;&#8221;My head hurts&#8230;I have a fever, Oh. my back&#8230;&#8221;. but she felt the same as most women in her situation&#8230;&#8221;Wait till you go through childbirth before you tell me how much your body hurts&#8230;&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Labor ( worker) &amp; Bore (cause to be bored; tedious, so lacking in interest as to become bored) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/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) Unchoreful: \/un chor fil\/ &#8220;Every time there are dirty dishes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1468\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unchoreful: Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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\/1468"}],"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=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}