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DEFINITION: n. A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity. v. To be excessively patient.
Opportimistic
Top verboticism of the day created by karenanne
Pronunciation: op ur ti MIS tik
Sentence: Alan was opportimistic that this time he would find just the right work-from-home scheme. He considered it "job-hunting" when he was surfing the Web for ways to earn cash in his free time. And he had a LOT of free time now, since losing his job due to excessive time spent surfing the Web.
Etymology: opportunity + optimistic
Created by: karenanne.
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Waitcient: /WAIT shient/ "OUT"! Verbotsoxz players sought the perfect plays; ever waitcient over the unskilled pitches, their strikes and losses made them the undefeated defeated. Etymology: WAIT with a hit of PATIENT. Created by: splendiction.
Comments:
waitcients...the people in the doctors waiting room... - Nosila, 2009-10-06: 01:16:00
Pertunitous: /per-tune-it-is/ Rachel was very pertunitous. She could wait forever for the perfect moment and opportunity. Etymology: contraction of perfect and opportune Created by: Koekbroer.
Overdostoic: /oh-ver-doh-stow-ick/ People sometimes wondered if Jim's placid acceptance in the face of life's onslaughts was motivated less by monastic zen, and more by an innate laziness and overdostoicism. Etymology: overdose (an excessive amount) + stoic (one who is indifferent and free of passion) Created by: CharlieB.
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Comments:
mplsbohemian - 2007-03-19: 10:42:00
This is the best batch of words I've seen yet. :)
wordmeister - 2007-03-19: 17:50:00
There so many good ones... But which one should I vote for? I'd like to zensist on a cialusmoment but I may have too much infinatience and succumb to preparalysis, or even aucoporence. Is this caseyatthebatititude, or just godotancy?
Hey Verbotomists, Great words last week. Nosila was the top player, but since she won "The Eyre Affair", the prize "Lost in a Good Book" goes to mrskellyscl. This week we are giving away Jasper Fforde's "The Well of Lost Plots". Be creative, and good luck to all. ~ James