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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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Impatient
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: em-pay-shunt
Sentence: Doctor! The impatients are rioting in the waiting room!
Etymology: impatient + patient
Congrewaited
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: con greh wait ed
Sentence: The receptionist tried to ignore the long suffering patients waiting to see the doctor. Earl Grey steeped slowly like a tea bag. Bud Light slow brewed like a beer. Sun Maid withered like a grape on the vine. Mr. Fleishman slowly rose like bread dough, only to be set back down again, and told not to rise again until called. These poor sick souls suffered interminably as they congrewaited.
Etymology: CON, CONGREGATE, WAITED. Con - to be told an untruth, such as the doctor will see you shortly. Congregate - people that have come together and wait together. Waited - to stay in one place, doing nothing for a period of time, in the expectation, or hope, that something will happen, like getting to see a doctor eventually.
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COMMENTS:
Modified song of the day: "Oh dear what can the matter be? Johnny's so long at the healthcare!" - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 01:05:00
made me think of a conga line - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-04: 10:07:00
Were they waiting for Dr. Seymore Patients??? - Nosila, 2009-03-05: 01:37:00
You betcha, Nosila! Nice embellishment, I luv it! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-06: 03:19:00
Jabberwocky ... shall we dance? - silveryaspen, 2009-03-06: 03:19:00
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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)
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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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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Illfortunato
Created by: kalex
Pronunciation: Ill-for-toon-ah-toh
Sentence: I found myself trying unsuccessfully to sink into the hard plastic seat with the rest of the IllFortunatos. My head pounded and my rag was quickly filling with blood. It would be a long night.
Etymology: Ill- to be afflicted with virus, disease, injury Fortune-can mean one's overall situation Oh-an attempt to sound somewhat foreign
Nausewaited
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: nau/se/wait/ed 
Sentence: He nausewaited in the hospital emergency room for six hours before a doctor helped him.
Etymology: NAUSEWAITED - verb - from NAUSEATED (to feel sick) + WAIT (delay)
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COMMENTS:
Really captures the feeling of being sick. Fits the definition excellently. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:01:00
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Waitingruined
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: way ting roo ind
Sentence: Okay, I have been waitingruined. I am normally a patient (pardon the pun) person, but I draw the line at having to sit in cramped, stuffy quarters with walking contagions for hours on end. This is the day I forgot to bring a novel (which I can usually start and finish in one wait session). Most people can start and end "Gone With The Wind" while awaiting the obstetrician. That is why so many babies are named Rhett, Scarlett, Melanie & Ashley! The magazines are ancient, sneezed on and would give CSI enough forensics to call the CDC in Atlanta. Why do doctors make appointments, when they are just approximate (plus 2 hours) timeframes? Wouldn't it be great to see statistics on how many patients expire from or as the result of lengthy stays in waiting rooms??? As a result, I make a long list before I go in of medical complaints, so that I get my money's worth while I am there!!
Etymology: waiting room (where you languish for hours on end with contagious peiople, just to see a doctor for a nano-seconmd who says, keep an eye on it and come back next week!) & Ruined (wrecked, destroyed, rendered useless)
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COMMENTS:
enjoyed every pun ... so well done! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 01:46:00
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Ailienated
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: ale - ee - in - ate - ted
Sentence: Leroy was beginning to feel ailienated. He had been in the waiting room for two and a half days and no one had talked to him yet. Perhaps they did not want to come too close to him because he was sick.....
Etymology: Ail and Alienated - Ail is to be ill and Alienate is to make separate or not associate with.
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COMMENTS:
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-04: 10:04:00
We can raillly around this great create - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 10:53:00
good one! - galwaywegian, 2009-03-04: 11:10:00
Really good. And funny in a sad way too. - kateinkorea, 2009-03-08: 10:16:00
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