Verboticism: Grapture

'That's my pork chop Buster!'

DEFINITION: v. To never give up, to never let go of your dream, especially when others try to take it away from you. n. A person who just won't quit, even after repeated failures.

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Grapture

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: grap/chur

Sentence: Her grapture was so intense that she could never let go of her dream to eat dog food

Etymology: rapture (obsessive dream) + grab ( to hold on)

Points: 827

Comments: Grapture

wordmeister - 2007-02-07: 12:07:00
Imagine what it would be like if you were engraptured in someone else's dream...

purpleartichokes - 2007-02-07: 15:58:00
Maybe she graspired to be canine.

Jabberwocky - 2007-02-07: 16:20:00
ooh - graspired is a good word purple