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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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Stubacity
Created by: Ecke21
Pronunciation: Stub Ah city
Sentence: At 55 it was her sheer stubbacity that kept her from realizing that it was indeed time to stop trying to be a teen idol.
Etymology: Stubborn and tenacity
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
Alphadoggedness
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: alfa dog ed ness
Sentence: Germaine Sheppard was possessed with alphadoggedness. She never gave up and always stayed true to her determination to succeed. This was most evident when she wrestled the juicy pork chop from the steeltrap jaw of her terrier, Buster. "You will give that back or I will give you a different type of chop...at the vet's!", she told him. His only response as he conceded surrender was "Bitch!"
Etymology: Alpha (first in importance) & Alpha Dog (the dominant dog in a pack) & Doggedness (persistent determination)
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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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
Stubboring
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: stub-bore-ing
Sentence: Only having one dream to pursue for one's whole life can become quite stubboring.
Etymology: stubborn + boring
Reasco
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rēaskō
Sentence: Jim’s life is a reasco. It’s not just that he has things go wrong for him, it’s that he insists on doing them the same way again and again. It might explain the flat spot on his forehead.
Etymology: repeat (do again) + fiasco (a thing that is a complete failure)
Seehugger
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: see/hug/ger
Sentence: Seehuggers unite ! Never let anyone separate you from your vision
Etymology: see (vison) + hug + tree hugger
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COMMENTS:
I see where you're going... Good! - wordmeister, 2007-02-07: 12:03:00
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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.
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