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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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Resolunacy
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: reh zo loon a sea
Sentence: his particular brand of lunacy was known to unnerve even those trained to stare down horny silverback mountain gorillas.
Etymology: resolute and lunacy
Monkeyjar
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'m&[ng]-kE-"jär/
Sentence: Despite the fact that he'd had to pay tens of thousands of dollars in restitutions to accident victims, the inventor of the RoboBarber 4.0 continued to monkeyjar, never ceasing to hope that he'd work out the bugs eventually.
Etymology: From the classic tale of the monkey who wouldn't let go of the treat in the jar despite the fact that he couldn't get his hand out of the jar while still holding it.
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COMMENTS:
Good Story! - wordmeister, 2007-02-09: 00:36:00
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Realoquize
Created by: cfrydj
Pronunciation: Ree-al-o-quize
Sentence: Jimmy was determined to realoquize the pork chop from Buster.
Etymology:
Grapture
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: grap/chur
Sentence: Her grapture was so intense that she could never let go of her dream to eat dog food
Etymology: rapture (obsessive dream) + grab ( to hold on)
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COMMENTS:
Imagine what it would be like if you were engraptured in someone else's dream... - wordmeister, 2007-02-07: 12:07:00
Maybe she graspired to be canine. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-07: 15:58:00
ooh - graspired is a good word purple - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-07: 16:20:00
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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
Staythecourser
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: stay-thuh-CORS-uhr
Sentence: In spite of the puncture wounds and pleas from his doctors and friends, nothing would dissuade George in his quest to become a world-class javelin catcher. He was a true-blue staythecourser
Etymology: "stay the course" - I know I heard this somewhere
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious! - jedijawa, 2007-03-07: 10:42:00
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Doofussavant
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: doo-fuss-sah-vant
Sentence: Willie was a true doofussavant as he didn't realize that he had no means of achieving his lofty goals but he was determined to achieve them anyway.
Etymology: doofus + savant
Asskicker
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: asskicker
Sentence: don´t try me i am an asskicker.
Etymology: as in kick your Ass
Persistenate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pur-SIST-en-ait
Sentence: No matter the odds against him, Clyde, with dogged determination, would persistenate til he succeeded.
Etymology: Combining of persistent and obstinate
Despireado
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: de-spire-ard-o
Sentence: Candice was desperate to achieve her goal and when obstacles got in her way she was prepared for bold and reckless action. She was a despireardo
Etymology: desperado (bold, reckless) + aspire (dream of)
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