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DEFINITION: n. A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity. v. To be excessively patient.
Verboticisms
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Waitcient
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: WAIT shient
Sentence: "OUT"! Verbotsoxz players sought the perfect plays; ever waitcient over the unskilled pitches, their strikes and losses made them the undefeated defeated.
Etymology: WAIT with a hit of PATIENT.
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COMMENTS:
waitcients...the people in the doctors waiting room... - Nosila, 2009-10-06: 01:16:00
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Foreverbearance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: for ever ber ans
Sentence: Baseball had not been very, very good to Joe. He waited patiently for the perfect pitch. He should switch, he'd never get rich, he made others twitch, he'd get jock-itch, there was always a glitch and many thought that the hitch was because he was under the spell of a witch. But Joe had foreverbearance. Most people thought he should play hockey and be satisfied being a Toronto Maple Leaf instead. Afterall he'd be in good company waiting for a Stanley Cup win since 1967!
Etymology: Forever (for a limitless time) & Forbearance (good-natured tolerance of delay)
Fourbearance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: for ber ans
Sentence: When Casey played baseball, his teammates called him Strike Four. He waited until the perfect pitch came his way, waiting for the fourth strike to be his lucky one. His fourbearance usually cost the team its game.
Etymology: Four (number) & Forbearance (good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence)
Pausifist
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: paws/i/fist
Sentence: Dave was a pausifist who was very content waiting for things to happen - his slogan was "give pause a chance".
Etymology: pause + pacifist
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COMMENTS:
Power to the pauseful!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-19: 13:10:00
This has real pausibilities! - Alchemist, 2007-03-20: 05:03:00
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Perfectopp
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Per-fect-opp
Sentence: I will perfectopp for the perfect pitch.
Etymology: Perfect oppertunity
Waitforitude
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: wait-for-it-tude
Sentence: Bo had the right waitforitude to be successful in the major leagues, but he couldn't hit the fastball, so he became the oldest player in the minor leagues, staying there until he was finally let go. His waitforitude came in handy when he had to stand in the unemployment line.
Etymology: "Wait for it," said over and over by coaches to encourage batters to exercise patience at the plate was also a line from the Mel Brooks'movie "Robin Hood, Men in Tights." + fortitude: strength of mind to allow endurance in spite of obstacles
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COMMENTS:
hey hey, good word! - splendiction, 2009-10-05: 22:54:00
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Obsessient
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ob-SESS-yent
Sentence: No matter how dire a situation may be or how quickly a remedy should be applied, Martin was absolutely obsessient in waiting for just the right remedy to present itself for fear of not finding the very best remedy available.
Etymology: Blend of obsessive and patient
Ultraprocrastination
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: altra-prau-krsti-nation
Sentence: people with ultraprocrastination have never been men of action.
Etymology: ultra means very hight or excessive one. procrastination means to delay or not taking action.
Lages
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lage/ess
Sentence: He lages for the perfect opportunity to buy the stock at the right time. Because of his lagesness, he often misses the ideal price point.
Etymology: lag + ages
Trancepatience
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: transe payt iens
Sentence: his trancepatience was so effective, he had his own cpr team.
Etymology: trance patience
Comments:
mplsbohemian - 2007-03-19: 10:42:00
This is the best batch of words I've seen yet. :)
wordmeister - 2007-03-19: 17:50:00
There so many good ones... But which one should I vote for? I'd like to zensist on a cialusmoment but I may have too much infinatience and succumb to preparalysis, or even aucoporence. Is this caseyatthebatititude, or just godotancy?
Hey Verbotomists, Great words last week. Nosila was the top player, but since she won "The Eyre Affair", the prize "Lost in a Good Book" goes to mrskellyscl. This week we are giving away Jasper Fforde's "The Well of Lost Plots". Be creative, and good luck to all. ~ James