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DEFINITION: A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity; excessive patience.
Verboticisms
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Righencemt
Created by: leeannhamers
Pronunciation: ra- i-inc-m-ta
Sentence: i wanted to ask him but i was in a stage of righencment
Etymology: right/patence/ moment
Eternalretentive
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: e-turn-al-ree-tent-iv
Sentence: Penelope's eternalretention was so bad that it was being mimicked by her digestive system. It was always waiting for the perfect piece of cuisine - so she was fading away.
Etymology: anal retentive + eternity
Willtopatience
Created by: Janbo
Pronunciation: Pronounced in a continuous manner.
Sentence: His willtopatience is too great for his own good.
Etymology:
Ukillop
Created by: doig1394
Pronunciation: oo-kill-op
Sentence: the kid had a serious issue of ukillop
Etymology:
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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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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Opportenacity
Created by: CitizenKeen
Pronunciation: ah-PURR-ten-ASS-i-ty
Sentence: When Danny played Halo, he had the opportenacity to sit there and wait for the whole match for that perfect headshot.
Etymology: opportunity + tenacity
Constiperformance
Created by: PeePaw00
Pronunciation: consta-performance
Sentence: In his life of constiperformance, he had no choice but to quit the band before their first paying gig.
Etymology: constipation + performance
Tiltymezend
Created by: brimuth
Pronunciation: till - time - zend
Sentence: The spouse perfected tiltymezend-ism after many years of waiting for his wife to make up her mind on which dress to buy whenever they went shopping.
Etymology: Until - the end - of time.
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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