Verboticism: Monkeyjar

'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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Monkeyjar

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'m&[ng]-kE-"jär/

Sentence: Despite the fact that he'd had to pay tens of thousands of dollars in restitutions to accident victims, the inventor of the RoboBarber 4.0 continued to monkeyjar, never ceasing to hope that he'd work out the bugs eventually.

Etymology: From the classic tale of the monkey who wouldn't let go of the treat in the jar despite the fact that he couldn't get his hand out of the jar while still holding it.

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Comments: Monkeyjar

wordmeister - 2007-02-09: 00:36:00
Good Story!