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'This bank machine is so stupid.'

DEFINITION: v., To have the strength of character, persistence of heart, and dimness of wit to follow an unchanging course of action even when it is completely ineffective. n., A person who unhappily does the same thing over and over again.

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Tenassity

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: ten as sit ee

Sentence: Ivana shows pure tenassity when she endlessly tries to get money out of her overdrawn account on the bank machine. She reckons that if she still has a card, it should still magically provide her with funds...

Etymology: Tenacity (persistent determination) & Ass (a pompous fool)

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Repetatwit

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Re-pet-a-twit

Sentence: Tom was such a repetatwit that when he dialled a wrong number he would constantly use redial, in the hope of eventually gettng to speak to the right person.

Etymology: Repeat(To do or occur in the same way or form) + Twit(A foolish or silly person = Repetatwit

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Invanity

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Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: En - va - nahtee

Sentence: Pablo Dominguez III's invanity was unstoppable, despite the team's losing streak of 15 games he insisted it had nothing to do with his unique no goalie coaching strategy.

Etymology: Vanity - Insanity (doing the same thing over and over expecting diff results)

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Morontonous

Created by: yellowbird

Pronunciation: more-on-toe-nus

Sentence: Jill was still morontonously swiping the stolen bank card and trying pin numbers when the police finally arrived.

Etymology: moron + monotonous

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COMMENTS:

perfect for the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-22: 11:46:00

Are moronobots always in a morontonous morutony? Great word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 06:06:00

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Homerer

Created by: idavecook

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Blindacity

Created by: libwen

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Dumbsistence

Created by: Chickp

Pronunciation: Dumb/sis/tence

Sentence: The pure dumbsistence of Betty made her try her card over and over again although it was telling her she had insufficient funds.

Etymology: Dumb+Persistence

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Ohseedeeder

Created by: deanliddell

Pronunciation: oh-see-deed-hur

Sentence: Frank could never adjust to eating oat cereal and drinking coffee in the morning. The former was in hopes of lowering his cholesterol and the later was a bad habit. In combination these made him spend so much time in his morning constitution that he was always late for work. It never dawned on him to get up earlier, or just stop his bad habit.

Etymology: A phonetic variant of OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and a flippant reference to a serious psychological conditon where one persists in repetitive behaviors and mental acts that are not realistic to reduce their levels of stress and anxiety.

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Repdumity

Created by: alanahnichole

Pronunciation: {rep-dumb-it.ee}

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Repidiot

Created by: earljw

Pronunciation: rep-id-i-ot

Sentence: "Look at that repidiot over there trying that same dollar in that vending machine over and over."

Etymology: Repeat + idiot

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-10-24: 01:27:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-02-19: 00:19:00
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James