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DEFINITION: A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity; excessive patience.
Verboticisms
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Eternitease
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ee/turn/i/teez
Sentence: It didn't matter how long he had to wait. He was an eternitease so he could wait forever
Etymology: eternity + tease
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COMMENTS:
Another good one! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-11: 13:44:00
But he will finish up in an eterni-box. Handsome word in look and sound. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:13:00
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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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Waitorama
Created by: knele21
Pronunciation:
Sentence: i was willing to waitorama to get that girl
Etymology:
Constipatience
Created by: VersaVice
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: patience + constipation, inspired by the saying "either sh*t, or get off the pot!"
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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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).
Perfechance
Created by: sparkles510
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The boy's perfechance caused him to wait for weeks to ask the girl out.
Etymology:
Perpetuism
Created by: Greatoak
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Alex stared at the cloud in a state of perpetuism. Waiting for it to dissolve.
Etymology: Perpetual
Perfatience
Created by: pipipipipi
Pronunciation: per-fay-shents
Sentence: "His perfatience often hindered him in getting anything done"
Etymology: perfection and patience
Justrightism
Created by: Lurky2000
Pronunciation: Just-Right-izm
Sentence: Justin was an extreme justrightist
Etymology:
