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DEFINITION: v.tr. To join a line-up of people just because the line is there, even though you have no idea what line is for.
Verboticisms
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Blinedup
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: blind-up
Sentence: i went to the store to buy milk and i ended up blinedup for a week...and after all that i had no milk and three tickets to Lord of the Dance
Etymology: blind, line up
Queueincide
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: kyoo-in-SAHYD
Sentence: Jorge had a tendency to queueincide unexpectedly. Some even called him queuepricious.
Etymology: queue + coincide
Inclewesion
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ink loo shun
Sentence: he was sheepishly following his flock mentality, as was evidenced by his inclewesion in the queue for the meat counter despite his vegetarian life style. It looked baaaaad.
Etymology: inclusion, ewe as in sheep.
Acqueuesce
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: ack-que-ess
Sentence: Because I decided to acquequesce, I found myself signing up to become a kidney donor.
Etymology: acquiesce, queue
Anticiwait
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ant + tiss + ih + wait
Sentence: I've got nothing better to do today, I can anticiwait in this line - it could be something good!
Etymology: anticipate + wait
Lystander
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: LIE-stand-er
Sentence: As Max walked the length of the city block, he couldn't help but notice a line at least five-hundred people long; not wanting to miss out on whatever novelties awaited, he became a lystander himself.
Etymology: Both a combination of "line" and "bystander", as well as a meaningless play on "A Midsummer Night's Dream"'s Lysander.
Iline
Created by: grahaff
Pronunciation: i-line
Sentence: I iline all the time, not knowing it. It is such an unusual habit for me. I just line up, if I know what it's for or not.
Etymology: I- myself line- to line up
Quepulsion
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kyoōpəlshən
Sentence: If there is a line Ken can hardly contain his urge to jump in. He found true ecstasy when he took his quepulsion to Disney World. Without even knowing what each line was leading to he stood for hours, sometimes vacating a line before taking a particular ride to join a different line. Good thing he went on his own.
Etymology: queue (a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed) + compulsion (an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way)
Queuemune
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌkjuˈmjun/
Sentence: My queueriosity got the better of me and I decided to queuemune with the rest of the sheep. I just had to know what was inside the big building with all the fancy machinery.
Etymology: From queue + commune
Queuepidity
Created by: jrogan
Pronunciation: queuepidity
Sentence: He fluttered with anticipation when saw the line stretching around the corner. What were they waiting for? And then surrendered to his queuepidity. Tow hours later he received a coupon for a free coffee. He was thrilled!
Etymology: queue + cupid + stupid
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Clayton - 2007-06-25: 09:00:00
Hey James... couple of things. First, my word isn't showing up, but it says it was saved. Second, is this the URL that Verbotomy Text will be located everyday? Or will the address change?
Clayton - 2007-06-25: 09:02:00
Hmm... buggy. Okay, scratch that. My word showed up, but now the other two words that were here are now missing, replaced by two different words. Very strange.
Hi Clayton, Yes I am in the middle of rebugging the system, so things may be a bit "strange" today...
Clayton - 2007-06-25: 09:38:00
Quite all right. I'm just a bit confused as to how to see the other words. Best of luck bugging out. =P
You can see the some of the words at: http://www.verbotomy.com/challenge.php and some others at http://www.verbotomy.com/verboticisms.php?jid=line. And so it goes...
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James