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DEFINITION: v. To never give up, to never let go of your dream, especially when others try to take it away from you. n. A person who just won't quit, even after repeated failures.

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Persistaunt

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: purr sis tant

Sentence: Her mother would always say of her persistaunt that she was a regular auntiecyclone when she got the wind up. whether her husband heard her was unclear

Etymology: persistant aunt

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Persadhesive

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: pers.ad.hesive

Sentence: He bulldozed through the negotiation in his usual persadhesive manner. Noone else had the slightest chance.

Etymology: from: "persevere" to persist, stick to and "adhesive" sticky, clinging to ...

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Supersist

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: soo-per-sist

Sentence: Despite all the setbacks, Horace would supersist to win that precious bronze medal.

Etymology: From "super" and "persist".

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Quitless

Created by: Koekbroer

Pronunciation: kwit-lis

Sentence: Doug was quitless in his lifelong attempt to make it into the Guiness Book of World Records. He is now listed as the man who has bitten more dogs than anyone else.

Etymology: quit

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Hogsessive

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: hog/sess/ive

Sentence: She had such a hogsessive personality, that once she made a decision, no one challenged her.

Etymology: hog + obsessive

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COMMENTS:

Wow! Do you know anyone like that? - wordmeister, 2007-02-07: 10:55:00

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Terriertorialism

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: terrier-toreeal-ism

Sentence: At the supermarket, Susan flung herself at the last jar of coffee. She knocked over seven other shoppers as she did so, a fine display of terriertorialism

Etymology: Terrier - showing great tenacity and torialism the characteristics of that.

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Persistimistic

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: pur - sis - tim - is - tik

Sentence: Leticia was not only an optimistic person but when she wanted something, she became a persistimistic woman. Her motto was "never, never, never give up"

Etymology: persist, optimistic

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COMMENTS:

Persnatural! - Nosila, 2009-09-04: 14:34:00

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Clingonwarrior

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: cling-on-woh-ree-err

Sentence: he kept coming up with words..even though no-one voted for them.. he was a clingonwarrior... and he knew that if he gave up now..he was without honour

Etymology: cling on, klingon....

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COMMENTS:

You are true hero. I'm voting for you - wordmeister, 2007-02-07: 00:49:00

that word has a few more dimensions than most! - I like it! - w5lf9s, 2007-02-07: 02:14:00

Good, but the definition suggests a verb. Gets my vote cos I voted for Star Wars yesterday, so the Trek must get even! Mahahaha! - Bulletchewer, 2007-02-07: 09:22:00

in this post modern age all nouns are verbs anyway...for example 'he decided to clingonwarrior his way through the cut throat karaoke competition' - rikboyee, 2007-02-07: 18:13:00

Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't be such a stuck up purist. - Bulletchewer, 2007-02-07: 18:34:00

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Hopeus

Created by: bobditty

Pronunciation: hope e us

Sentence: Bob is a hopeus person who never gives up.

Etymology: hope-just that e-nothing us-tries hader than us

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Tenidiocy

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: ten + id + e + oh + see

Sentence: Rejection bedamned! Her tenidiosy drove her to reapply to medical school for the 10th time

Etymology: Tenacity + idiocy

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COMMENTS:

aah... Life is cruel, especially if you suffer from tenidiocity. - wordmeister, 2007-02-07: 12:24:00

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Comments:

ErWenn - 2007-02-07: 11:13:00
I think today's definition is a good example of one that would have been better off as an adjective or noun than as a verb.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-07: 12:18:00
Hey ErWenn, You mean like: "A person who never gives up, who never lets go of their dream, especially when others try to take it away from them." ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-02-07: 16:51:00
By the way, if anyone has a great idea for a new Verbotomy definition, we have now created a Definition Submission page. See: http://www.verbotomy.com/verbinition.php.
So please, feel free to send us your ideas and or comments. We'd love to hear from you! ~ James