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DEFINITION: v. To hurry up and wait. n. A person who compels you to prepare quickly for an activity which they know will be delayed, postponed or retarded.
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Worrywait
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: worry+wait
Sentence: We got in line so early, only the worrywaits were there before us.
Etymology: worry+wait
Accelerwait
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ak/sel/er/weyt
Sentence: John must be early for everything, especially on business trips out of town. This panic causes him to accelerwait. He rushes to the airport only to have to bide his time for hours waiting for his flight.
Etymology: accelerate + wait
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! - Tigger, 2008-04-22: 23:33:00
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Queuetard
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: kyoo-tard
Sentence: The plane landed, immediately all the queuetards stand up and eagerly get into line to exit the plane.
Etymology: queue-line of people; retard-slow AND dumb
Punctualwaition
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: punk-shwul-wayt-shuhn
Sentence: I know the plane doesn't leave for another two hours, but I'm a stickler for punctualwaition.
Etymology: punctual (on time) + wait (to stay in place and remain in readiness) + inspired by punctuation (the act or practice of using standardized marks in writing and printing to separate sentences or to make the meaning clearer)
Franticipator
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: fran - tis - uh - peyt - er
Sentence: What Frank hadn't franticipated , would be that Denise would be asking for a divorce on this their final vacation together. She was at wits' end exhausted by his never ending foreboding.
Etymology: frantic (excessively agitated; transported with rage) + anticipate (to nullify, prevent by taking countermeasures in advance)
Queuebert
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kyoōbərt
Sentence: Albert is obsessed with being first. Whether it’s a new movie or the latest electronic gadget he just has to be at the front of the line. He’ll spend days camped out for concert tickets. His friends have taken to calling him queueBert. Perhaps this mania stems from the fact that his mother worked for the railroads and he was born in a caboose.
Etymology: queue (a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.) Bert (short for Albert) a play on Q*bert an early video game
Rushstop
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: rush-stop
Sentence: Max and June sat at the rushstop for a half hour while the driver finished his coffee and donuts. When the bus finally did show up they discovered that they left in such a hurry they forgot to pack their tickets.
Etymology: (play on bus-stop)
Speedelay
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spēdilā
Sentence: Phil is not the most polite driver we know. He cuts from lane to lane trying to get ahead of slower drivers only to be stopped by a traffic signal. He will speedelay all the way to work to get there 2 minutes earlier than someone who goes with the flow of traffic. His biography may well be entitled ”Rushing to the Red Light”.
Etymology: speed (rapidity of movement or action) + delay (be late or slow; loiter)
Hurryupheld
Created by: philhealy
Pronunciation: HER-ee-up-held
Sentence: Jan had to arrive at the airport three hours early just because Thomas was such a hurryupheld. No matter what time their flight left, he insisted they leave early so they would "get a good seat in the terminal," as Tom liked to joke. Jan didn't think it was humorous.
Etymology: hurry up (phrase)-used when instructing another to act with a greater amount of haste. upheld - to be hindered by something.
Rushtinate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: rush-tin-ayt
Sentence: Brad is known with little affection among his friends as a major rushtinator, one who always pushes everyone to get ready for events well in advance and then find all kinds of reasons to put them off indefinitely.
Etymology: Blend of 'rush' (hurry) and 'procrastinate' (to put off till another day or time; defer; delay)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James