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DEFINITION: A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity; excessive patience.

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Pronauseastination

Created by: gazissax

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Evan was a classic ballcrastinator: he was often struck out for waiting for the ideal pitch.

Etymology: nausea=from ad nauseaum, to go on to the point of sickness; procrastination=to put off and off

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Perpetuism

Created by: Greatoak

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Alex stared at the cloud in a state of perpetuism. Waiting for it to dissolve.

Etymology: Perpetual

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Zencessive

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: zen/cess/ive

Sentence: He has a zencessive personality, constantly in meditation and self-contemplation waiting always for the perfect moment to act. Because of his zencessiveness, he often misses out completely.

Etymology: zen + excessive

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COMMENTS:

Om good! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-11: 13:46:00

You really zend me! Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:41:00

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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

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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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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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