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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.
Verboticisms
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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)
Thicktoitiveness
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) thĭk-tōō'-ĭt-tĭv-nĭs
Sentence: Margary's refusal to give up on her shiftless, alcoholic, womanizing husband demonstrates the thicktoitiveness of the proverbial moron looking for the corner of a round room.
Etymology: thick = "mentally slow; stupid; dull" + "-toitiveness (suffix from sticktoitiveness = "dogged perseverance; resolute tenacity")
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COMMENTS:
brilliant!! - libertybelle, 2007-10-24: 16:25:00
My other word for this definition was "duhtermination." - milorush, 2007-10-25: 10:59:00
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Redohndant
Created by: Lolagrrl
Pronunciation: ree-D'OHn-dant
Sentence: My inner genius was obviously out buying bagels as I redohndantly searched the house for the glasses perched neatly atop my noggin.
Etymology: Redundant - Exceeding what is necessary or natural + D'OH! - a statement that embodies all things idiotic. Made famous by Homer Simpson.
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COMMENTS:
That bespectacled noggin must belong to a real d'ohwit...you beat me to the d'oh, d'oh! nice word - pungineer, 2007-10-24: 12:08:00
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Compulsivdimwit
Created by: kimbo123
Pronunciation: compulsive-dimwit
Sentence: She kept trying over and over making her a compulsivdimwit.
Etymology:
Tenasilly
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: teh-nah-sill-ee
Sentence:
Etymology: Tenacity + Silly
Ignorverance
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: igg-nor-veer-ans
Sentence: Becky's ignorverance made her continually try to drive her Hummer under the bank drive through, knowing each time that she wouldn't fit and she'd have to back up and park.
Etymology: ignorance + perserverance
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.
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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Repodrone
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation:
Sentence: You've got to be a real repodrone to work at that shoe factory!
Etymology:
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James