case of boobitis
- noun
- Slang
:
estado de pereza
- After lunch, I felt a case of boobitis coming on and didn't want to move from the sofa.
Examples
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He blamed his missed deadline on a sudden case of boobitis.
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Don't let a case of boobitis ruin your productivity this week!
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I think I have a case of boobitis today.
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She laughed and said it was just a case of boobitis.
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After lunch, I felt a case of boobitis coming on and didn't want to move from the sofa.
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He blamed his missed deadline on a sudden case of boobitis.
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Don't let a case of boobitis ruin your productivity this week!
Synonyms
Feeling too lazy to do anything
Antonyms
How Lazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
case + of + boobitis
The phrase uses the highly productive pattern 'a case of X' plus a humorous coinage 'boobitis' (boob + -itis), so a learner who knows 'case' and 'boob' can infer it labels a joking 'condition' of being a boob; the medical suffix -itis signals a temporary ailment. However, 'boobitis' is a nonce word and the leap from 'being a boob' to the specific sense 'laziness' is not directly signaled, so the exact meaning is not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Case of boobitis is a joke that treats laziness like a little sickness: boob (a silly or lazy person) plus the playful sickness ending -itis. The image of someone 'caught' by that silly sickness and not wanting to move is why the phrase means 'an episode of laziness'.