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DEFINITION: n. The feelings that well up inside of you when you're waiting for service and another person, who arrived after you did, gets waited first! v. To wait and wait in line, only to watch other people jump the queue.
Verboticisms
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Waitred
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: WAY-TREAD
Sentence: Harvey was waiting for ages to buy a movie ticket,when some jerk cut in front of him and got the last ticket! Harvey's waitred was so welled up, he slapped the guy.
Etymology: Wait + Hatred
Scanticipation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: skan tisi payshun
Sentence: Freddy the chicken awaited the farmer's visit each day, thinking he would selected for favoured treatment. Every day though, some one else was chosen. He was experiencing severe scanticipation when one day he was chosen...not knowing why. Authorities now believe he was the victim of fowl play.
Etymology: Scant (deal with inadequately and superficially) & Anticipation (wishing with confidence of fulfillment)
Cutniption
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kut-nip-shuhn
Sentence: Jerry just about had a cutniption when people appeared to be butting in the line waiting to get into the club. Yeah, sure they are EMTs dealing with an ill patron but shouldn't they have to wait like everybody else. At least the sick person should have had the courtesy of falling out of the queue.
Etymology: conniption (fit, temper fit) + cut (to move or thrust oneself abruptly between others)
Infuriwait
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: In-fi-ur-e-wait
Sentence: Dr. Benson's patients were infuriwaited as one by one they were overlooked by a 20 story building.
Etymology: An annoying blend of 1)vb. Infuriate. To make very angry and impatient 2)vb. wait. To stand in line, queue.
Jumplain
Created by: Biscotti
Pronunciation: juh-mp-lay-n
Sentence: Oh the feelings of jumplain Adam had when he waited in line 3 hours on black friday, only to watch others jump the line and wait just 3 minutes.
Etymology: jump (move forward) + pain (feelings of hurt) + complain (showing anger towards something or someone)
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COMMENTS:
Great etymology and blending. Great create! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:22:00
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Queuerage
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CUE-raj
Sentence: As she watched yet another shopper manage to slip in line ahead of her as she waited, Bertha felt welling queuerage building inside and only through concentrated effort was she able to quell an outburst of screaming and cursing.
Etymology: Blend of 'queue' ( a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles) and 'rage' (extreme anger)
Buttindignation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: butt/in/dig/nay/shun
Sentence: Sally felt the buttindignation overwhelming as someone cut in front of her at the ticketbooth and bought the last ticket.
Etymology: butt in + indignation
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COMMENTS:
that's good - petaj, 2009-04-07: 06:18:00
Good word. could have used it yesterday as well :) - galwaywegian, 2009-04-07: 07:36:00
buttinhol - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:13:00
oops ... you buttinhholed this definition! Great Create! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:14:00
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Waitred
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: wait-red rhymes with hatred
Sentence: Tanya was filled with waitred while the officer kept answering the phone instead of helping the customers lined up at the desk.
Etymology: wait (be detained)+ hatred (loathing) + red (i was so angry, it made me see red)
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COMMENTS:
Could also describe waiting for a waiter to serve you. Nice one! - galwaywegian, 2009-04-07: 07:37:00
Captures that strong feeling with a really strong verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:32:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 15:24:00
Nice, compact and self-explanatory! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:16:00
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Interjerkt
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn tur jur kt
Sentence: The intensity of his interjerktion was resposible for his impaling on Madams umbrella.
Etymology: interject as in butt in, jerk as in butt head.
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COMMENTS:
Your sentence and verbotomy are so good I not see it, I feel it! Excell'in't! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:19:00
Can't type today worth a hang. Meant to type - Your sentence and verbotomy are good, I not only see it, I feel it. Excell'in't! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:20:00
tragic but funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 15:21:00
At least his rain of terror is over...maybe we should all carry umbrellas! - Nosila, 2009-04-07: 23:06:00
I'll bet he wanted to bumbershoot someone! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:27:00
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Buttinfury
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: but-in-feeuhr-eee
Sentence: Her buttinfury heightened to a frenzied state when every item that he wanted to purchase had no price codes so the cashier had to call the manager over to find the prices for each of his 54 items, one by one...
Etymology: butt-in (as in to intrude in line) + fury (rage)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah. Thank you abrakadeborah. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-04-07: 02:41:00
Very greative cartoon, James!
abrakadeborah - 2009-04-07: 05:46:00
Thanks James! great cartoon too! It made me think hard on my own definition :)
mweinmann - 2009-04-07: 07:39:00
The cartoon was very thought provoking....that sometimes, we might want to wait or that what we are waiting for might not be the "answer" to our wishes in the end.
Thank you. I guess the feeling is that sometimes we're lucky enough NOT to get what we wanted. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah. Thank you abrakadeborah. ~ James