[Louis Foxwell]

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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[Genoa]

Maynard G. Krebs

[Fungi]

Third generation welfare recipients should be considered strongly ergophobic.

[Louis Foxwell]

We must all bear down,
put our nose to the grindstone,
our hand to the wheel,
our pedal to the metal,
our head in the game,
our eye on the ball,
stand at the ready,
and plug away.

WERRK!

OR NOT!

Steve, the seminal ergophobe.

[Verginius Rufus]

Greek ergon, "work," originally had a w- sound at the beginning of the word. It is cognate with the English word "work" (Anglo-Saxon worc or werc). They both go back to a common Indo-European ancestor--a K in English often corresponds to a G in Greek and Latin (cf. "knee" with Latin genu, Greek gony or English "kin" with Latin gens, Greek genos).

[DannyTN]

Not to be confused with Urgophobia, the fear of urges.

Also not to be confused with the line uttered by Fernand Mondego to his wife in the Count of Monte Christo, upon learning that his son wasn’t his, “Well, aren’t you a piece of work.” Because that shows disdain not fear.

[stormer]

I’m not afraid of work - I’ve fought hard against it my whole life.

[spintreebob]

The opposite would then be someone addicted to work and/or obsessed with working, obsessed with productivity. Now what is the word for that disease? Is it contagious?

[Twinkie]

I am suffering from ergophobia and I prefer to sit.

[SoothingDave]

If you ping them, they will come.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Half the people employed by government are ergophobic. President-elect Trump will drain the swamp after Jan. 20.

[csvset]

Ergophobia, fear of work
Hillary lost, get over it jerks
Snowflake’s tears fall like rain
Making America Great Again
Man up snowflakes roll up you sleeves
If you won’t work, then please leave.

[MoochPooch]

Ergophobia is the driving force behind the Trump protests. These people, used to living off either Mommy-Daddy or Uncle Sam, are suddenly facing the awful truth: they’re going to have to change. They’re going to have to work.

Easier said than done, since this will involve transforming a mentality and lifestyle.

[EODGUY]

I thought ergophobia was the paralyzing fear of the word “therefore”.

EODGUY

[Heart-Rest]

When many viewers who suffer from uggophobia first saw this woman during one of the debates, they immediately changed the channel.

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(Take two.)   The person who wrote the song, "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum", must have suffered from a strong case of ergophobia.