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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.
Verboticisms
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Superflooziety
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: soo per floo zee it tee
Sentence: She'd been in the Game for a while and had seen her fortunes take a tumble over the past few years. And yet, each evening she spent hours dolling herself up and putting on provocative clothes to go out and do her job. Twila had earned the nickname Twilight Twila from her co-workers, the cops and the johns she had known. She walked in the area known as the Strip and plied her trade. But for the last few years, business was not booming, if fact many nights none of her gentlemen friends came calling. Still, she got on her see-through blouses,her mini skirts and her war paint before she hit the streets. She walked and walked every night to no avail. The other girls got attention, but never her anymore. Twila was a superflooziety, an underemployed hooker. She was beginning to wonder if her age was a factor...maybe she should start living off those government pension cheques she had been getting in the mail lately. Afterall, she wasn't likely to get a gold watch for her 45 years in this business! And besides, they did not make support hose in a fishnet style...
Etymology: Superfluous (more than is needed, desired, or required) & Floozie (a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets)
Repeateadly
Created by: greenbree
Pronunciation: ri/pi/te/a/dli
Sentence: my mom repeteadly wash the floor of the house, she can't stop is like an obsession.
Etymology: Repeat+adly
Futiliteration
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: few-TILL-it-err-ay-shun
Sentence: Marjorie was an idiotto. Her futiliteration had been rewarded by a long, but unfulfilling, career in the jar inspection role at the glassworks.
Etymology: futile + iteration (idiotto -- idiot + ditto)
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COMMENTS:
terrific!! - libertybelle, 2007-10-24: 16:23:00
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Gallantard
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: gal·lan· tard
Sentence: The gallantard knight returned every day for years trying to pull the sword from the stone.
Etymology: Old French galant + Latin retardāre
Repdumity
Created by: alanahnichole
Pronunciation: {rep-dumb-it.ee}
Sentence:
Etymology:
Blissnorance
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: 'blis-nor-ence
Sentence: Kimberly's blissnorence of what happened to discarded sweaters behind the tool shed was well-deserved.
Etymology: bliss (happiness) + ignorance (lack of comprehension)
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COMMENTS:
were they purl-loined? - Nosila, 2010-02-20: 02:15:00
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Refail
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiˌfe(ɪ)l/ /ˈrē-ˌfāl/
Sentence: In contrast to general persistence, which may be caused by a rational belief that things may be different next time, refailure is usually the result of obsessiveness, denial, or distraction.
Etymology: re- + fail
Cluelant
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: klu lent
Sentence: The cluelant kept trying to unlock the car door with the ignition key.
Etymology:
Moronandonandon
Created by: shalla
Pronunciation: more-on-and-on-and-on
Sentence: Jimmy watched the moronandonandon stop, look at the door questioningly, grab the door's handle, and for the fourth time visibly strain to pull it, ignoring the big red letters PUSH splashed across the door's center.
Etymology: moron (an idiot) + on and on and on (to keep going for an extended time)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James