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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.
Verboticisms
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Tenaciteer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ten a sit teer
Sentence: Jenny was stubborn and relentless when it came to getting her own way. If being a tenaciteer were an Olympic sport, she would win the gold every time.
Etymology: Tenacity (stubborn determinedness) & 'Teer (ala musketeer, mouseketeer, describing a person)
Smork
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: smork -straight up with a twist
Sentence: She had so much smork that she had to win every argument she ever had, convince everyone that her version was the right one that after a while she even convinced herself!
Etymology: Smork is a new word. It just sounded right on my tongue.
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - wordmeister, 2007-02-08: 08:43:00
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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
Gritfire
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: grit-fire
Sentence: Margaret was a real gritfire. When she set her mind on a goal she'd hang on with every fiber of her being, and sometimes with her teeth.
Etymology: wordplay on spitfire: a person who shows strong emotion -- grit: fierce determination; clamp the teeth together + fire: spirit; drive; determination
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COMMENTS:
Nice. You got my vote. - artr, 2009-09-04: 12:27:00
Grit word! - Nosila, 2009-09-04: 14:33:00
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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.
Obduracity
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: ob-doo-ra-si-ti
Sentence: Gwen showed amazing obduracity in the face of starvation.
Etymology: obduracy + tenacity
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
Angsterverance
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: ANG-STER-VEER-ANS
Sentence: Filled with piss and vinegar, Mollie's angsterverance took her to the top of her company.
Etymology:
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 ...
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.
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
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