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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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Focuster
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fo kus ter
Sentence: Libby was determined to win back that pork chop from her dog Buster. He underestimated her endurance and wile. She was a focuster and would not give in until she won, no matter how stroing his jaws and how determined he was to get a meal. Once she got the pork off Buster, she vowed he'd never get at her food again. Yes, this would be Buster's last ham.
Etymology: Focus (direct one's attention on something) & Custer (United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
Obduracity
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: ob-doo-ra-si-ti
Sentence: Gwen showed amazing obduracity in the face of starvation.
Etymology: obduracy + tenacity
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
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.
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
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:
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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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
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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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