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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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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)
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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Dissedservice
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: dissed-service
Sentence: Henrietta felt dissedserviced by the farmer because he waited on the bantam before her, even though no one knew what the farmer wanted. So she called on all her friends to protest. The chickens decided to organize and sent a petition to the entire farm community, and everyone gladly signed. When the farmer read the petition, he looked at Henrietta and smiled. "I had no idea you felt dissed by me," he said, "but don't worry, I'll see you Sunday afternoon for dinner. Why don't you bring some buiscuts?" Moral: Don't squawk at someone unless you know what's on his plate.
Etymology: dissed:(slang)disrespected, insulted + service: providing aid and assistance
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COMMENTS:
EXCELLENT saga! Now if we could just get the pigs organized, we could put and end to the summary executions! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:25:00
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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, Brenda 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' and 'rage'.
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COMMENTS:
Also a play on courage ... the courage to remain calm despite your queuerage! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:36:00
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 15:24:00
good word.. - mweinmann, 2009-04-07: 17:08:00
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Exqueueses
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: eckz-cue-sayz
Sentence: No one was going to listen to the histrionics of Censoria's exqueuses. Sure, she had waited in line for eight hours, asked the person in front and back of her to save her place while she used the loo, but there were no more tickets to the Crude Oil concert.
Etymology: A play on EXCUSES, to make allowances for, overlook; EX + QUEUE, a line
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COMMENTS:
neat - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 15:26:00
Very hermetic. Lovely. - metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:41:00
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Turnburn
Created by: ChickenWhistle
Pronunciation: TERN-bern
Sentence: "Aww, man! I had a bad case of turnburn at the greengrocers yesterday. I must've been queuing for twenty minutes before I'd finally got to the front of the dismally short, yet depressingly slow line to the till. An old dear, (who must've been pushing a hundred if I'm a day,) in a pink, floral headscarf waddled completely obliviously past me and the people behind me straight to the counter. Wherefore she plonked her bag of tangerines and then spent ten minutes trying to find a twenty pence piece at the depths of her ancient purse. I would've given up and left in a huff if it wasn't for the great deal I was getting on white asparagus."
Etymology: Turn - e.g., "take it in turns, one at a time." Burn - (vernacular) a negative/painful experience. E.g., "Oh duuude, you got burned!"
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
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)
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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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