Verboticism: Illdoctaramous

'But Doctor, this is an emergency!'

DEFINITION: v. To wait patiently, or perhaps not, for a little bit of medical attention and hopefully some relief from what ails you. n. A person who is sick, and tired, and waiting for medical care.

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Anticipatient

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: an tis i pay shent

Sentence: The people in the ER waiting room tended to be anticipatient. They drank the awful coffee from the vending machine and then cued up for the toilets. Don't they know you do not buy it...you just rent coffee for a while?

Etymology: Anticipate (wait for) & Patient (a person who requires medical care;enduring without complaint)

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Ticktoxic

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: tik tok sik

Sentence: her condition went from toxic to ticktoxic in the space of eight hours

Etymology: toxic tick tock

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Remedally

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: re-MEE-dal-ee

Sentence: In haiku. A room of sneezes. Doctor calls 'next'. One less remedally.

Etymology: remedy + dally + remedial

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COMMENTS:

nice one petaj - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-04: 10:06:00

Gives new meaning to poetic justice! Magnificent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:06:00

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Waitwatcher

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: wayt wat cher

Sentence: Mary became a waitwatcher long before it was fashionable to do so. She wasted hours in her doctor's medi-center waiting room. How is it she thought, that I arrived when they opened at 9:00 am only to get #97 ticket? After spending the best part of 6 hours waiting to see her doctor, his consult was 3 minutes long and he advised her to lose some weight!!!

Etymology: Wait (to remain idle in anticipation of something) & Watcher (of clocks) & Wordplay on WeightWatchers (weight loss program)

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Toolonganimous

Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: TOO long GAN uh muhs

Sentence: She was longanimous in her suffering, never even whispering a complaint or a whimper in spite of her pain. But that was the first eight hours, sitting in the hospital waiting room. By the ten hour mark she winced slightly whenever she had to move. When the doctor finally showed up after she had been there for twelve hours, she was toolonganimous. She no longer suffered silently.

Etymology: LONGANIMOUS: patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance TOO LONG:

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COMMENTS:

Great last line and word. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:09:00

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Illfortunato

Created by: kalex

Pronunciation: Ill-for-toon-ah-toh

Sentence: I found myself trying unsuccessfully to sink into the hard plastic seat with the rest of the IllFortunatos. My head pounded and my rag was quickly filling with blood. It would be a long night.

Etymology: Ill- to be afflicted with virus, disease, injury Fortune-can mean one's overall situation Oh-an attempt to sound somewhat foreign

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Illdoctaramous

Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: eel-doc-ta-ray-mose

Sentence: Susie patiently waited as his patient in the tiny room chilled to the bone,adorned in that tiny paper top. She had waited so long that she became so "illdoctaramous" that she almost lost it and was about to ram her fist into the wall as she flew into a rage! Yet,Susie was too sick to let my temper flare. After 2 and 1/2 hours of sickly waiting,he walks in all chipper and did not notice Susy's "illdotaramous" attitude towards him.

Etymology: Ill;sick. Doctar;Doctor. Ram;Ready to ram a fist in the wall. Ous;Beyond ready to ram a fist into the wall and too sick to care to wait any longer.

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Ouchpotato

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ow ch pot ay tow

Sentence: the ouchpotatoes sitting in dr. Godot's waiting room were not given much hope of being anytime soon judging by the demeanor of his receptionist, smiling faintly from behind the bullet proof glass.

Etymology: couch potato, ouch

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COMMENTS:

metrohumanx Doctor Godot ! GOOD ONE! Hahahahaha - metrohumanx, 2009-03-04: 09:42:00

terrific word and sentence - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-04: 10:05:00

Perfection! Love your humor, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:04:00

great ref. - nothing happens/no meds! - splendiction, 2009-03-04: 19:19:00

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Anticipwaition

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: an/ti/sip/wate/shun

Sentence: The anticipwaition became palpable when the door from the waiting room opened to reveal another room full of anxious patients.

Etymology: wait + anticipation

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Splendid sentence and word - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 10:54:00

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Impatients

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: im-pey-shuhnts

Sentence: The chart may have listed Rosie as an out-patient but the nurses designated her as one of the impatients.

Etymology: impatience (eagerly desirous) + patient (a person who is under medical care or treatment)

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