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'That's my pork chop Buster!'

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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Stroggle

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: strog-uhl

Sentence: Minnie stroggled through the setbacks and ultimately realized her goal of jumping across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Etymology: struggle + dog (as in "dog it out" which means to keep going despite exhaustion)

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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

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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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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

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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)

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

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Asskicker

Created by: josje

Pronunciation: asskicker

Sentence: don“t try me i am an asskicker.

Etymology: as in kick your Ass

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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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Realoquize

Created by: cfrydj

Pronunciation: Ree-al-o-quize

Sentence: Jimmy was determined to realoquize the pork chop from Buster.

Etymology:

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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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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