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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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Perflection
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pərflekshən
Sentence: It has been said that Jerry has the patience of Job. He is so concerned with everything being perfect that he misses many opportunities. One of the problems that holds him back is that he wants to analyze everything before he actually experiences it. His perflection can be a real waste of time. He stood in line for two days for what he thought were tickets for a concert he wanted to see, reflecting on the music and the odd fact that ALL the people in line were female (he didn\'t take the time to ask) only to find out that he was in line for a casting call for a lead in the Broadway show Nunsence. What a waste of time. On the other hand he did make it through two rounds of callbacks.
Etymology: perfection (the condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws or defects) + reflection (serious thought or consideration)
Godotancy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈdoʊ.ənˌsi/ Silent "t"!
Sentence: A godotant individual rarely feels the negative effects of their unrealistic optimism, but their godotancy often becomes quite frustrating for others.
Etymology: As in Sam Beckett's play, _Waiting for Godot_.
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COMMENTS:
i think Beckett wrote that... - rikboyee, 2007-03-19: 02:27:00
yes. it was definitely beckett. though stoppard is quite good also. - scottman, 2007-03-19: 04:15:00
Literary and clever ... I like it! - jedijawa, 2007-03-19: 14:51:00
Whoops! I should know better than to write these things at 4am. - ErWenn, 2007-03-19: 23:51:00
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Letharjectivism
Created by: buck180
Pronunciation: leth-ahr-JEC-tiv-iz-um
Sentence: The coach, while watching Billy during practice, realized the boy suffered from letharjectivism which caused him to hold his swing unless the pitch was absolutely perfect, and as a result he would need to cut Billy from the team.
Etymology: A pairing of lethargic (a severe lack of motivation) and perfectionism (striving for the paradigm).
Infinatience
Created by: yogiword
Pronunciation: in fin A shince
Sentence: The young mother, despite having the urge to hurry, developed the infinatience to wait for her toddler to discover every dandelion in the park as they enjoyed their daily outing.
Etymology: Congruence of "infinity" and "patience."
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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Overdostoic
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: oh-ver-doh-stow-ick
Sentence: People sometimes wondered if Jim's placid acceptance in the face of life's onslaughts was motivated less by monastic zen, and more by an innate laziness and overdostoicism.
Etymology: overdose (an excessive amount) + stoic (one who is indifferent and free of passion)
Expectwaitions
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: expeck - wayt - shuns
Sentence: Jimmy was ever so patient, he had high expectwaitions that if he stood there long enough, the right pitch would eventually be his.
Etymology: expectations, wait
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COMMENTS:
very well crafted. - splendiction, 2009-10-05: 22:57:00
good one - Nosila, 2009-10-06: 01:17:00
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Perfectopp
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Per-fect-opp
Sentence: I will perfectopp for the perfect pitch.
Etymology: Perfect oppertunity
Errornoia
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: errornoia
Sentence: He was so trapped in errornoia that he never did not do nothing aka he did nothing or didn't do anything in his life.
Etymology: The fear to make errors. Error + Paranoia.
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COMMENTS:
this is good! - wordmeister, 2007-05-13: 13:56:00
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Preparalysis
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: pre + pair + al + ih + sis
Sentence: I'm going to sell that screen play some day, if only I can get over my preparalysis and stop waiting for the "right moment."
Etymology: prepare + paralysis
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