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DEFINITION: v. To wait patiently, or perhaps not, for a little bit of medical attention and hopefully some relief from what ails you. n. A person who is sick, and tired, and waiting for medical care.
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Ticktoxic
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: tik tok sik
Sentence: her condition went from toxic to ticktoxic in the space of eight hours
Etymology: toxic tick tock
Forgetqueue
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: fərgetkyoō
Sentence: As he waits to see the doctor, Roger can feel his once-robust memory slowly slipping away. The mind-numbing process they call triage is sapping his greatest asset. The feeling of rapid-onset Alzheimers is only enhanced by browsing outdated magazines. He had already forgotten the Alamo. The Dewey Decimal System will soon follow. He is caught in a forgetqueue. He is amused that they call this Emergency Room the Urgent Care Unit. An hour later he can't remember what urgent means. He is now focused remembering his own name. If he lets that go, he knows he will never get out of here.
Etymology: forget (inadvertently neglect to attend to, do, or mention) + queue (a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed)
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COMMENTS:
Brillianty hilarious "sentence"! BRAVO! - metrohumanx, 2009-03-04: 09:44:00
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Waitwatcher
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: wayt wat cher
Sentence: Mary became a waitwatcher long before it was fashionable to do so. She wasted hours in her doctor's medi-center waiting room. How is it she thought, that I arrived when they opened at 9:00 am only to get #97 ticket? After spending the best part of 6 hours waiting to see her doctor, his consult was 3 minutes long and he advised her to lose some weight!!!
Etymology: Wait (to remain idle in anticipation of something) & Watcher (of clocks) & Wordplay on WeightWatchers (weight loss program)
Curewaiter
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ker + way + ter
Sentence: Since Laurie realized that so many people waited for medical attention, it was becoming a bona-fide medical problem in itself. She decided to launch a drive called "wait for the cure" where volunteers would go down to waiting rooms in hospitals, clinics and medical offices to entertain and give moral support to the curewaiters who spend hour upon frustrating hour waiting to be seen by a doctor.
Etymology: Cure + Waiter >> Cure (remedy: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain) Waiter (a person who waits or awaits)
Impatientitis
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: impāshəntītis
Sentence: The emergency room was packed with customers with afflictions ranging from mild to catastrophic. The loudest however was the one with a major case of impatientitis displaying raging symptoms of menow-menow.
Etymology: impatirnt (having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked) + itis (suffix used for forming names of inflammatory diseases)
Grimpatient
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: grim-PAY-shunt
Sentence: Wanda was doing her very best to remain cheerful but as the hours wore on and she continued to be ignored by the ER staff while feeling progressively worse she went from being an ordinary outpatient to being a grimpatient, angry and no longer a stoic and tolerant person.
Etymology: Blend of 'grim' (Dismal; gloomy) and 'patient'...dual meaning (a person who is under medical care or treatment) and (having or showing the capacity for endurance) --- a play on the word 'impatient'.
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COMMENTS:
wonderful choice of words with a perfect blending. Great Create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 01:02:00
like it - galwaywegian, 2009-03-04: 11:10:00
clever word play - rombus, 2009-03-05: 07:52:00
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Remedally
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: re-MEE-dal-ee
Sentence: In haiku. A room of sneezes. Doctor calls 'next'. One less remedally.
Etymology: remedy + dally + remedial
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COMMENTS:
nice one petaj - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-04: 10:06:00
Gives new meaning to poetic justice! Magnificent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:06:00
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Anticipwaition
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: an/ti/sip/wate/shun
Sentence: The anticipwaition became palpable when the door from the waiting room opened to reveal another room full of anxious patients.
Etymology: wait + anticipation
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COMMENTS:
Splendid sentence and word - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 10:54:00
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Impatient
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: em-pay-shunt
Sentence: Doctor! The impatients are rioting in the waiting room!
Etymology: impatient + patient
Ouchpotato
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ow ch pot ay tow
Sentence: the ouchpotatoes sitting in dr. Godot's waiting room were not given much hope of being anytime soon judging by the demeanor of his receptionist, smiling faintly from behind the bullet proof glass.
Etymology: couch potato, ouch
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COMMENTS:
Doctor Godot ! GOOD ONE! Hahahahaha - metrohumanx, 2009-03-04: 09:42:00
terrific word and sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-04: 10:05:00
Perfection! Love your humor, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:04:00
great ref. - nothing happens/no meds! - splendiction, 2009-03-04: 19:19:00
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