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DEFINITION: v., To have the strength of character, persistence of heart, and dimness of wit to follow an unchanging course of action even when it is completely ineffective. n., A person who unhappily does the same thing over and over again.
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Repidiot
Created by: earljw
Pronunciation: rep-id-i-ot
Sentence: "Look at that repidiot over there trying that same dollar in that vending machine over and over."
Etymology: Repeat + idiot
Errsistance
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: urr sissss tan sss
Sentence: On previous occasions her errsistance gained her victory. thid time, however, it got her a barring order and a suspended sentence.
Etymology: persistance, err
Repodrone
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You've got to be a real repodrone to work at that shoe factory!
Etymology:
Persistencecompulsivedisorder
Created by: wtwhitaker
Pronunciation: Per-sis-tens-com-pol-siv-dis-or-der
Sentence: Even though, in the back of her mind she knew it would never work, she really had PERSISTENCECOMPULSIVEDISOREDER to try her password again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again......... and again.
Etymology:
Cyclopsycho
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: sigh-clo-sigh-ko
Sentence: Whenever you play angry birds, you tend to go cyclopsycho thinking the outcome will be different
Etymology: cycle and psychotic
Moronandonandon
Created by: shalla
Pronunciation: more-on-and-on-and-on
Sentence: Jimmy watched the moronandonandon stop, look at the door questioningly, grab the door's handle, and for the fourth time visibly strain to pull it, ignoring the big red letters PUSH splashed across the door's center.
Etymology: moron (an idiot) + on and on and on (to keep going for an extended time)
Recurrist
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /rekurəst/
Sentence: After the shift, the poor supermarket cashier, told her workmates about the recurrist she had to deal with during the previous afternoon!
Etymology: RECURRIST. Recur (To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly) + -ist (suff. One that performs a specified action)
Redundunce
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ri/duhn/duhns
Sentence: Amy is a classic redundunce who needs to do things thirty, or forty times before she realizes they don't work.
Etymology: redundant + dunce
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COMMENTS:
good word good word good word good word - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-24: 10:35:00
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Repeatinoffender
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: re/peet/in/offen/dur
Sentence: Sally was a repeatinoffender happily waiting for the bus for 15 minutes everyday before deciding to walk to the subway instead. The bus route was cancelled years ago.
Etymology: repeat offender + inoffensive
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James