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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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Perditztence
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: pur-DIHTS-tehns
Sentence: Alex proceeded to call the girl who dumped him with noble perditztence.
Etymology: persistence + ditz
Thickomat
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: thick/o/mat
Sentence: Even though Petula was obviously a rocket scientist of some repute when it came to machines clearly marked out of order, she showed all the classic behaviours of your typical thickomat: the staring blankly, the repeated button pressing, the endless waiting for something to happen....
Etymology: thick (not terribly clever)+ o-mat (denoting humdrum machine) doormat (individual feeling powerless to change their circumstances)
Morontonous
Created by: yellowbird
Pronunciation: more-on-toe-nus
Sentence: Jill was still morontonously swiping the stolen bank card and trying pin numbers when the police finally arrived.
Etymology: moron + monotonous
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COMMENTS:
perfect for the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-22: 11:46:00
Are moronobots always in a morontonous morutony? Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 06:06:00
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Gallantard
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: gal·lan· tard
Sentence: The gallantard knight returned every day for years trying to pull the sword from the stone.
Etymology: Old French galant + Latin retardāre
Redundunce
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ridəndəns
Sentence: Mary couldn’t believe the guy she saw the other day at the mall. He was standing by the entrance pushing the handicap opener button over and over despite the out-of-order sign. What a redundunce, she thought as she walked around him and into the mall. As she looked back, he was still poking the button.
Etymology: redundance (no longer needed or useful; superfluous) + dunce (a person who is slow at learning; a stupid person)
Refail
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiˌfe(ɪ)l/ /ˈrē-ˌfāl/
Sentence: In contrast to general persistence, which may be caused by a rational belief that things may be different next time, refailure is usually the result of obsessiveness, denial, or distraction.
Etymology: re- + fail
Dimtermination
Created by: zavijava
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She was sure that the door opened to the outside, that she kept pulling on it, even after her dimtermination gave her a broken nail.
Etymology: dim+determination
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:
Denialate
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: dee/ni/a/late
Sentence: In an attempt to one, not miss out on the sale at Bloomie's, and two not be humiliated in front of her peers, Dianne continued to denialate her Mastercard. By the time security and her husband pulled her away kicking and screaming, her card was but a shred of plastic hot to the touch.
Etymology: Denial: The act of asserting that something alleged is not true. Annihilate: To destroy a considerable part of.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James