Verboticism: Monotonacity

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DEFINITION: n. A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. v. To talk in a painfully slow manner.

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Monotonacity

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: mon-O-tone-as-city

Sentence: Jill spoke to David with monotonacity, determined to make her point, droning on and on till David finally fell asleep.

Etymology: monotone/tenacity,persistant determination

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Comments: Monotonacity

ErWenn - 2007-03-03: 08:25:00
This is the defining characteristic of Ben Stein's character in Ferris Beuller's Day Off.