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DEFINITION: v. To hurry up and wait. n. A person who compels you to prepare quickly for an activity which they know will be delayed, postponed or retarded.
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Hypertia
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: hi/per/sha
Sentence: While travelling on their honeymoon, newlyweds Guy and Gail O'Leo had unfortunate encounters with Newton's lesser-known "Scofflaws" of Motion: Scofflaw #1(Rule of Hypertia) - An object in motion tends to remain in motion, and an object at rest is usually at the wrong departure point (thus rapidly substituting the state of "hyper" for the state of "inertia"). Scofflaw #2 - The velocity (V) of any person in motion is directly proportional to the traveller's distance (D) from his or her departure point; but inversely proportional to the amount of luggage (L) he or she is toting, and the amount of time (T) he or she has before departing.
Etymology: hyper + inertia
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COMMENTS:
I absolutely love this one! Classic! - pieceof314, 2008-04-22: 09:16:00
Excellent word! - ErWenn, 2008-04-22: 09:49:00
You could probably sell tee-shirts at the airport with these 'laws' on them, although the people most apt to buy them would be running to their gates and ticket counters. Very amusing. - Tigger, 2008-04-22: 23:20:00
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Slomentum
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: slōmentəm
Sentence: Jerry loved to see the impatient motorist who just couldn't seem to break traffic-light slomentum. This jerk came rushing up behind Jerry, flashing his high beams, honking his horn, ducking into the next lane over and zooming past as if he was the only one who had somewhere to go. That's when he was stalled by the first of a series of red lights. The smirk on Jerry's face grew with each successive stop. Just to rub it in, as he came up behind "Mr. Impatient" at about the 4th light, he flashed his high beams.
Etymology: slow (moving or operating only at a low speed) + momentum (the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity)
Franticipator
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: fran - tis - uh - peyt - er
Sentence: What Frank hadn't franticipated , would be that Denise would be asking for a divorce on this their final vacation together. She was at wits' end exhausted by his never ending foreboding.
Etymology: frantic (excessively agitated; transported with rage) + anticipate (to nullify, prevent by taking countermeasures in advance)
Earlisertist
Created by: chandlerh123
Pronunciation: er-lee-i-ser-tist
Sentence: "There's plenty of time stop being such an earlisertist!"
Etymology:
Slowfaster
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: slow/faster
Sentence: A slowfaster is a pest who slows down proceedings by trying to speed them up.
Etymology: go faster + slow
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COMMENTS:
cute - Nosila, 2008-04-22: 17:26:00
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Anticrastinate
Created by: stache
Pronunciation: ān'tī-krās'tə-nāt', ān'-tē-krās'tə-nāt'
Sentence: "Why must you always anticrastinate?!?" Chelsea berated Jackie. They had rushed to Ronald Reagan International Airport to catch their flight home to Atlanta, which involved a scramble from their hotel to the metro station, then transfers from the red to the orange to the green line, and then a mad dash to the baggage check station and a sprint to the gate where they arrived two hours early with their pre-printed boarding passes despite the strip-search they endured at the security gate, only to discover that their flight was delayed SIX HOURS due to snow in Duluth.
Etymology: 'anti,' var. of 'auntie,' favored spinster relative; 'crastinate,' var. of 'castanet,' flamenco percussion instrument.
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COMMENTS:
Such a interesting word! If my Latin serves me correct, the "cras" means tomorrow. And of flamenco and castanets, brings to mind the song, "Manana" and "the land of manana" - OZZIEBOB, 2008-04-23: 05:55:00
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Purusher
Created by: kulekrizpy
Pronunciation: poo-rush-r
Sentence: Jeremy was always hurrying his wife to everything. Just last week it was to leave for a party that started at 5 at 3, and today it was to get in line two hours early. He was most definitely a purusher.
Etymology: push (to push) + rush (to hurry something) + er
Accelerwait
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ak/sel/er/weyt
Sentence: John must be early for everything, especially on business trips out of town. This panic causes him to accelerwait. He rushes to the airport only to have to bide his time for hours waiting for his flight.
Etymology: accelerate + wait
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COMMENTS:
Nice one! - Tigger, 2008-04-22: 23:33:00
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Hastenwaiter
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: HASE - uhn - wate - er
Sentence: Armando is an ardent and incurable hastenwaiter; he'll purposely prepare for meetings, trips or even visits hours in advance knowing he and his wife Matilda will sit around needlessly awaiting the appointed hour.
Etymology: Blend of hasten and wait.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James