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'Hurry! Get in line!'

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.

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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.

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Lystander

Lapper

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.

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Waitism

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: wayt-is-um

Sentence: Waitism, enormous patience, and comfortable shoes go hand in hand.

Etymology: The practice and system of extreme waiting

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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

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Queueaphrenia

Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: q ah fren e ah

Sentence: Unknown to the others her queueaphrenia hit her as she tried to pass toll booth and she ended up in Las Vegas instead of San Diego.

Etymology: queue - line aphrenia - mental disorder word

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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

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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

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Linepup

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Line-pup

Sentence: As I drew nearer to the exit, I noticed a line forming to my right. I immediately linepupped it without thinking. It turned out they were selling prune-asparagus juice.

Etymology: Line up (to get into a line) + pup (a baby dog that regularly follows someone)

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Queueriosity

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: curiosity

Sentence: Gavin's queueriosity eventually led to his downfall. He joined a police line-up and was identified by the witness as the offender.

Etymology: queue + curious

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COMMENTS:

he'll be queuelling his heels for a while then! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-25: 07:35:00

Queueriouser and queueriouser... - Clayton, 2007-06-25: 09:21:00

I swear that I hadn't read your word before I wrote my sentence. - ErWenn, 2007-06-25: 12:27:00

petaj He was thrown in the queueler by the judge. - petaj, 2007-06-26: 03:05:00

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Inquisitosy

Created by: bubbos

Pronunciation: in-qwi-si-toe-see

Sentence: My grandma is extremely inquisitosy. Especially if they're giving away free samples of face cream.

Etymology: Inquisitory + nosy

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-25: 02:33:00
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.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-25: 09:27:00
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

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-25: 09:41:00
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...

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2011-05-30: 00:10:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James