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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.
Verboticisms
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Illdoctaramous
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: eel-doc-ta-ray-mose
Sentence: Susie patiently waited as his patient in the tiny room chilled to the bone,adorned in that tiny paper top. She had waited so long that she became so "illdoctaramous" that she almost lost it and was about to ram her fist into the wall as she flew into a rage! Yet,Susie was too sick to let my temper flare. After 2 and 1/2 hours of sickly waiting,he walks in all chipper and did not notice Susy's "illdotaramous" attitude towards him.
Etymology: Ill;sick. Doctar;Doctor. Ram;Ready to ram a fist in the wall. Ous;Beyond ready to ram a fist into the wall and too sick to care to wait any longer.
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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Toolonganimous
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: TOO long GAN uh muhs
Sentence: She was longanimous in her suffering, never even whispering a complaint or a whimper in spite of her pain. But that was the first eight hours, sitting in the hospital waiting room. By the ten hour mark she winced slightly whenever she had to move. When the doctor finally showed up after she had been there for twelve hours, she was toolonganimous. She no longer suffered silently.
Etymology: LONGANIMOUS: patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance TOO LONG:
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COMMENTS:
Great last line and word. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:09:00
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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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Impatients
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: im-pey-shuhnts
Sentence: The chart may have listed Rosie as an out-patient but the nurses designated her as one of the impatients.
Etymology: impatience (eagerly desirous) + patient (a person who is under medical care or treatment)
Impatient
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: em-pay-shunt
Sentence: Doctor! The impatients are rioting in the waiting room!
Etymology: impatient + patient
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)
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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Grimpatient
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: grim-PAY-shunt
Sentence: Sue Ellen 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'.
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
