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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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Panicstaytions
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: panic stations
Sentence: Jerry had panicstaytioned his team to get their responses in today, even though the survey to decide on a venue for the Christmas party would not close for 6 weeks, and the party itself was still 3 months away.
Etymology: panic (characterised by hurried movements and stirred up by being rushed) + stay (stop, keep still, wait) + panic stations (British & Australian, informal) a time when you feel extremely anxious and you must act quickly because something needs to be done urgently)
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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Rushstop
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: rush-stop
Sentence: Max and June sat at the rushstop for a half hour while the driver finished his coffee and donuts. When the bus finally did show up they discovered that they left in such a hurry they forgot to pack their tickets.
Etymology: (play on bus-stop)
Fasterlag
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: fast-er-lag
Sentence: Mr. Speedy Slowpoker insisted on being a fasterlag at the airport. It was important to him that he be the first person to be waiting at the front of the line...for no good reason.
Etymology: Faster - to speed up and Lag-to slow down and lag behind.
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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Rushtinate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: rush-tin-ayt
Sentence: Brad is known with little affection among his friends as a major rushtinator, one who always pushes everyone to get ready for events well in advance and then find all kinds of reasons to put them off indefinitely.
Etymology: Blend of 'rush' (hurry) and 'procrastinate' (to put off till another day or time; defer; delay)
Firstration
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fur stray shun
Sentence: His firstration proved fatal in the end when he succumbed to heat exhaustion and dehydration in the 100+ july heat, while ququing for the january sales. He had called the paramedics, but his call was queued.
Etymology: first, frustration
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - ErWenn, 2008-04-22: 09:50:00
Crap! I just realized that I should have taken the opportunity of that last comment to say "First post!" - ErWenn, 2008-04-22: 09:50:00
Great blend. - Tigger, 2008-04-22: 23:30:00
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Scootsuite
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: skoot sweet
Sentence: Jerry figured that jet lag was not really caused by the effect of travelling long distances in a short period on the human body. No, he knew it was really the effect of scootsuite on passengers. You know, where you race to line up and wait to run to yet another lineup and wait and eventually end up at an airport gate and have to wait forever for the plane to arrive, deplane, clean-up and reboard passengers. It often was hours before you actually got on a plane. the gates they were like hotel rooms, without the beds, comfortable seating or other basic amenities (like room service. In other words, jet lag was the act of being tired out even before you finally boarded the plane!
Etymology: Scoot (run or move very quickly or hastily) & Suite (apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)) & rhymes with Tout de suite(French for At Once)
Speedelay
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: spēdilā
Sentence: Phil is not the most polite driver we know. He cuts from lane to lane trying to get ahead of slower drivers only to be stopped by a traffic signal. He will speedelay all the way to work to get there 2 minutes earlier than someone who goes with the flow of traffic. His biography may well be entitled ”Rushing to the Red Light”.
Etymology: speed (rapidity of movement or action) + delay (be late or slow; loiter)
Queuetard
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: kyoo-tard
Sentence: The plane landed, immediately all the queuetards stand up and eagerly get into line to exit the plane.
Etymology: queue-line of people; retard-slow AND dumb
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James