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DEFINITION: A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity; excessive patience.
Verboticisms
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Justrightism
Created by: Lurky2000
Pronunciation: Just-Right-izm
Sentence: Justin was an extreme justrightist
Etymology:
Dedicatience
Created by: younger
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She showed extreme dedicatience sitting through the entire performance which seemed to go on for hours.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
It's fun to say! - younger, 2007-09-11: 16:38:00
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Jobstinant
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: johb-stun-ant
Sentence: some people said i was being jobstinant, but i knew eventually someone would want me to work less hours for more money and, if i was lucky, i would have unlimited access to free downloadable porn without fear of retribution
Etymology: obstinant, job [as in the biblical guy who everyone has the patience of]
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COMMENTS:
nice reference to Job - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-11: 12:21:00
Thinking outside the box! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-11: 13:47:00
Be careful you don't receive a jobation! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:10:00
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Perfechance
Created by: sparkles510
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The boy's perfechance caused him to wait for weeks to ask the girl out.
Etymology:
Stoiextracism
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: stoh-uh-ek-struh-siz-uhm
Sentence: He who hesitates or practices stoiextracism is lost.
Etymology: stoicism + extra
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COMMENTS:
Might be time for a stoiexorcism! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:25:00
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Hypnotimed
Created by: trace45
Pronunciation: hyp·no·tīmd'
Sentence: Jack was hypnotimed from playing video games because he got fired for not showing up at work.
Etymology: hypno + timed
Apexpectation
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: a-PEX-pec-ta-shun
Sentence: At 40 years old, Barry was still apexpecting the girl of his dreams to find and fall in love with him. His mother, on the other hand, was just hoping he would move out.
Etymology: Apex (the pinnacle) and Expecting (a state of waiting in anticipation).
Perfictionism
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Stymied by her own perfictionism, she kept letting go of Mr. Right in search of Mr. Unfreakinbelievable. Now in her 70's she can frequently be heard muttering "All good things come to those who wait..." to her half dozen cats.
Etymology: fiction + perfectionism
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COMMENTS:
The thing about spinsters- to quote Earlene White- "a woman who knows all the answers but has never been asked the question." Love the sentence and a nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:59:00
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Constipatience
Created by: VersaVice
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: patience + constipation, inspired by the saying "either sh*t, or get off the pot!"
Purpoise
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: purr-poiz
Sentence: In trying to create a verboticism to match today's verbinition, Bob was willing to wait with purpoise.
Etymology: A blend of purpose: a goal; the thing you want to achieve; and poise: a state of calmness, composure, self-controlled under strain or pressure.
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COMMENTS:
if Bob is a porpoise he would be a porpoise with a purpoise - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-11: 12:24:00
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