Verboticism: Perfectopp

DEFINITION: n. A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity. v. To be excessively patient.
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Pertunitous
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: per-tune-it-is
Sentence: Rachel was very pertunitous. She could wait forever for the perfect moment and opportunity.
Etymology: contraction of perfect and opportune
Foreverbearance
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: for ever ber ans
Sentence: Baseball had not been very, very good to Joe. He waited patiently for the perfect pitch. He should switch, he'd never get rich, he made others twitch, he'd get jock-itch, there was always a glitch and many thought that the hitch was because he was under the spell of a witch. But Joe had foreverbearance. Most people thought he should play hockey and be satisfied being a Toronto Maple Leaf instead. Afterall he'd be in good company waiting for a Stanley Cup win since 1967!
Etymology: Forever (for a limitless time) & Forbearance (good-natured tolerance of delay)
Slackution
Created by: Karuma
Pronunciation: slak-oo-shun
Sentence: he was way too slackution to even notice he passed the place.
Etymology:
Perfectopp
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Per-fect-opp
Sentence: I will perfectopp for the perfect pitch.
Etymology: Perfect oppertunity
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Trancepatience
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: transe payt iens
Sentence: his trancepatience was so effective, he had his own cpr team.
Etymology: trance patience
Caseyatthebatitude
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: kay-see-at-the-bat-i-tood
Sentence: Bill's caseyatthebatitude casued him to never place any bets at the roulette wheel as he kept waiting for the right moment that never came.
Etymology: From the poem "Casey at the Bat" where Casey kept waiting and eventually struck out when he was meant to be the hero of the day.
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COMMENTS:
very funny - good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-19: 16:14:00
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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)
Idealay
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: I-dee-LAY
Sentence: I have no hope of achieving idealay - I just cannot wait until I have developed the acme of verbotocisms to play the game. I delay no longer - here is my humble attempt.
Etymology: I (me) + ideal (perfect) + delay (postponement forcing a wait)
Pausifist
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: paws/i/fist
Sentence: Dave was a pausifist who was very content waiting for things to happen - his slogan was "give pause a chance".
Etymology: pause + pacifist
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COMMENTS:
Power to the pauseful!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-19: 13:10:00
This has real pausibilities! - Alchemist, 2007-03-20: 05:03:00
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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.
