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DEFINITION: v., To have the strength of character, persistence of heart, and dimness of wit to follow an unchanging course of action even when it is completely ineffective. n., A person who unhappily does the same thing over and over again.
Redodo
Top verboticism of the day created by Nosila
Pronunciation: re doo do
Sentence: Renate kept blindly trying to get blood out of a stone...or in her case, money out of an empty account. She was a perfect speciman of a redodo. Keewp doing it over and over until you got what you wanted. Sure she had put money in there and sure she had debited her account at every store in town, but she seemed to think that it would automatically replace itself. This is how the redodo's became extinct!
Etymology: Redo (do over) & Dodo (extinct heavy flightless bird;dumb as a dodo bird)
Created by: Nosila.
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Redundunce: /ri-duhn-duhns / Jenny is a classic redundunce who needs to do things thirty, or forty times before she realizes they don't work. Etymology: REDUNDUNCE - noun from REDUNDANT (unnecessary repetition) + DUNCE (dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person) Created by: Stevenson0.
Morassiduate: /muh-RASS-sij-oo-ate/ Despite his best intentions, Bob morassiduated with morotony. His failure was not his " falling in the mud" but that he remained stuck there! Etymology: Blend of MORON: a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment; or dim of wit; MORASS: any confusing or troublesome situation, esp. one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement- "stuck in the mud" & ASSIDUATE: to be constant in application or effort; diligent in working at a task; to be persevering; Created by: OZZIEBOB.
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so many good words - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-22: 11:46:00
Repetatwit: /Re-pet-a-twit/ Tom was such a repetatwit that when he dialled a wrong number he would constantly use redial, in the hope of eventually gettng to speak to the right person. Etymology: Repeat(To do or occur in the same way or form) + Twit(A foolish or silly person = Repetatwit Created by: TJayzz.
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Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James