Verboticism: Preparalysis
DEFINITION: n. A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity. v. To be excessively patient.
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Lages
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: lage/ess
Sentence: He lages for the perfect opportunity to buy the stock at the right time. Because of his lagesness, he often misses the ideal price point.
Etymology: lag + ages
Foreverbearance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: for ever ber ans
Sentence: Doug Out was one of the most patient hitters in the entire Baseball League. His patience was actually a foreverbearance and often drove his team members crazy. He would wait forever for the perfect pitch, but often ended up striking out for his inaction. When asked where he got his patience to act this way, his answer was simple. "Why everyone knows, a diamond is forever..."!
Etymology: Forever (for a limitless time) & Forbearance (good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence; a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting;exceptional patience & waiting ability)
Supervirtuation
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: soo-per-ver-chew-ay-shun
Sentence: The grandmasters' supervirtuation meant their pieces moving at no more than three squares per hour.
Etymology: Based on the proverb "patience is a virtue".
Godotancy
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈdoʊ.ənˌsi/ Silent "t"!
Sentence: A godotant individual rarely feels the negative effects of their unrealistic optimism, but their godotancy often becomes quite frustrating for others.
Etymology: As in Sam Beckett's play, _Waiting for Godot_.
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COMMENTS:
i think Beckett wrote that... - rikboyee, 2007-03-19: 02:27:00
yes. it was definitely beckett. though stoppard is quite good also. - scottman, 2007-03-19: 04:15:00
Literary and clever ... I like it! - jedijawa, 2007-03-19: 14:51:00
Whoops! I should know better than to write these things at 4am. - ErWenn, 2007-03-19: 23:51:00
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Mentalpatience
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: men-tal-pay-shense
Sentence: Jill became a patient the mental hospital because of her mentalpatience in sitting at home waiting for Mr. Right to come along.
Etymology: mental patient/ patience
Ultraprocrastination
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: altra-prau-krsti-nation
Sentence: people with ultraprocrastination have never been men of action.
Etymology: ultra means very hight or excessive one. procrastination means to delay or not taking action.
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Obsessient
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: ob-SESS-yent
Sentence: No matter how dire a situation may be or how quickly a remedy should be applied, Martin was absolutely obsessient in waiting for just the right remedy to present itself for fear of not finding the very best remedy available.
Etymology: Blend of obsessive and patient
Preparalysis
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: pre + pair + al + ih + sis
Sentence: I'm going to sell that screen play some day, if only I can get over my preparalysis and stop waiting for the "right moment."
Etymology: prepare + paralysis
Errornoia
Created by: jonobo
Pronunciation: errornoia
Sentence: He was so trapped in errornoia that he never did not do nothing aka he did nothing or didn't do anything in his life.
Etymology: The fear to make errors. Error + Paranoia.
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COMMENTS:
this is good! - wordmeister, 2007-05-13: 13:56:00
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Zensistence
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: zen-SIS-tense
Sentence: Ever since Rupert got back from Esalon, he has been annoyingly zensistent. Yesterday, we must have burned 3 gallons of gas while cruising Wal-Mart for the "perfect" parking spot.
Etymology: zen + insistence
