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DEFINITION: A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly through long explications, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say.
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Dulsertation
Created by: jesster
Pronunciation: DUL - ser - tation
Sentence: Arnie's dullsertation on the chemical compounds used to make modern deodorant was more lethal than his body odor.
Etymology: dull + dissertation
Vertardious
Created by: DrHarvey
Pronunciation: Ver-tard-i-us
Sentence: The intern stood there, pencil on paper, waiting for the daily plan from his vertardious consultant who meandered on about the importance of vigilant fluid management.
Etymology: 'Ver' - of the verbal form. 'Tardus' - Slow, latin.
Slowworder
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I have no time to discuss with such a slowworder
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Aspersavox
Created by: apathy42
Pronunciation: ass-PER-sah-vocks
Sentence: It was strange; although in every other way Paul was manic, when talking he definitely had the tendency to be an aspersavox.
Etymology: aspersa - the species name for garden snail, vox - latin for voice
Epiplod
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: ep-uh-plod
Sentence: Ken was a bigger epiplod than most politicians.
Etymology: epilogue - (a concluding speech) and plod - (trudge, slow)
Windlag
Created by: joelb
Pronunciation: WIND-lag
Sentence: By now I knew the directions, but the windlag wouldn't stop telling me where to find the on-ramp.
Etymology: wingbag + lag
Orabore
Created by: jpmikkers
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COMMENTS:
thanks. - jpmikkers, 2007-08-28: 17:10:00
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Loquaster
Created by: plan9
Pronunciation: low+qway+ster
Sentence: A true loquaster, Bob never failed to use 1,000 words spoken slowly when 100 uttered quickly would do.
Etymology: loquacious + waster
Loqwaitcious
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: loh-KWAYT-shuhs
Sentence: Alex fell asleep during the loqwaitcious ramblings of his date's explaining how she had finally come to the decision to go out with him.
Etymology: loquacious (talkative) + wait
Slothor
Created by: noztril
Pronunciation: slaw ther
Sentence: the slothor continued even as his audience snored
Etymology: sloth author
Comments:
DrHarvey - 2007-08-28: 09:37:00
Vertardious