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DEFINITION: n. The feelings that well up inside of you when you're waiting for service and another person, who arrived after you did, gets waited first! v. To wait and wait in line, only to watch other people jump the queue.
Verboticisms
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Queuecumber
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: kew kum ber
Sentence: George was a right queuecumber. He'd line up every day for the commuter train and sure enough, some selfish person would muscle past him at the last minute and get on before him, usually taking his favourite seat. One day, that guy got on George's last nerve. He shoved him under the tracks as the train was pulling out. George had a one-track mind and the pushy guy is now a choocumber.
Etymology: Queue (line up of people) & Encumber (hold back)
Buttinfury
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: but-in-feeuhr-eee
Sentence: Her buttinfury heightened to a frenzied state when every item that he wanted to purchase had no price codes so the cashier had to call the manager over to find the prices for each of his 54 items, one by one...
Etymology: butt-in (as in to intrude in line) + fury (rage)
Waitred
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: wait-red rhymes with hatred
Sentence: Tanya was filled with waitred while the officer kept answering the phone instead of helping the customers lined up at the desk.
Etymology: wait (be detained)+ hatred (loathing) + red (i was so angry, it made me see red)
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COMMENTS:
Could also describe waiting for a waiter to serve you. Nice one! - galwaywegian, 2009-04-07: 07:37:00
Captures that strong feeling with a really strong verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:32:00
terrific - Jabberwocky, 2009-04-07: 15:24:00
Nice, compact and self-explanatory! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:16:00
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Waitred
Created by: garythesnail
Pronunciation: WAY-TREAD
Sentence: Harvey was waiting for ages to buy a movie ticket,when some jerk cut in front of him and got the last ticket! Harvey's waitred was so welled up, he slapped the guy.
Etymology: Wait + Hatred
Linearage
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: linēərāj
Sentence: Gerry was happy when he was finally able to take his kids to Disney World. He fully expected to have to wait in lines. What he hadn't anticipated was the queue jumpers who thought nothing of cutting in line. He could feel his linearage building. If the kids weren't with him there might have been a all-out queuebrawl.
Etymology: linear (arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line) + rage (violent, uncontrollable anger)
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COMMENTS:
Wouldn't want the kids to witness GERRYatrix! - metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:23:00
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Cutniption
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: kut-nip-shuhn
Sentence: Jerry just about had a cutniption when people appeared to be butting in the line waiting to get into the club. Yeah, sure they are EMTs dealing with an ill patron but shouldn't they have to wait like everybody else. At least the sick person should have had the courtesy of falling out of the queue.
Etymology: conniption (fit, temper fit) + cut (to move or thrust oneself abruptly between others)
Henvious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: hen vee us
Sentence: Biddy was always one to strut her stuff. She showed off at every opportunity. Her chicks were always the cutest and her crow always the most melodic. She laid the most eggs. The rooster always picked her first. The other chickens were always henvious of her. That is until the day Farmer Brown came around looking for the perfect chicken to take with him into the house. That was a special treat. If you went into his house, you never had to worry about laying eggs or scratching for corn again. He was going towards Henrietta when Biddy jumped in front of him and strutted her stuff. The Farmer was only human...how could he resist? He picked up Biddy, who weighed a poultry five pounds and took her into the house. How could any of them know she was really to become a victim of Fowl Play?
Etymology: Hen (adult female bird) & Envious (showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages;covetous of another)
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COMMENTS:
Your attention to the cartoon, I so admire. Very henterprising! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 02:57:00
Should have passed the buck buck buck - galwaywegian, 2009-04-07: 07:35:00
This is hilarious..... - mweinmann, 2009-04-07: 17:04:00
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Queuerage
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: CUE-raj
Sentence: As she watched yet another shopper manage to slip in line ahead of her as she waited, Bertha felt welling queuerage building inside and only through concentrated effort was she able to quell an outburst of screaming and cursing.
Etymology: Blend of 'queue' ( a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles) and 'rage' (extreme anger)
Timeliened
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: tim + leend
Sentence: As I waited for hours to buy tickets to see Clayton and the Cluckers perform at the Easter Bowl; and watched those who came after me waited on first, I felt timeliened, numberjumped and bukbukstuck....
Etymology: time, timeline, lien, line....someone has taken a lien against my time when my place in line is taken away. It messes with my timeline for service.
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COMMENTS:
Sadly, there's no way, they will every pay, the timelien back! In the lientime, it is a very interesting verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-04-07: 11:27:00
soundds like someone who performed at Woodcluck! - Nosila, 2009-04-07: 23:19:00
Lien on me-when you're not strong... - metrohumanx, 2009-04-08: 02:19:00
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Infuriwait
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: In-fi-ur-e-wait
Sentence: Dr. Benson's patients were infuriwaited as one by one they were overlooked by a 20 story building.
Etymology: An annoying blend of 1)vb. Infuriate. To make very angry and impatient 2)vb. wait. To stand in line, queue.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah. Thank you abrakadeborah. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2009-04-07: 02:41:00
Very greative cartoon, James!
abrakadeborah - 2009-04-07: 05:46:00
Thanks James! great cartoon too! It made me think hard on my own definition :)
mweinmann - 2009-04-07: 07:39:00
The cartoon was very thought provoking....that sometimes, we might want to wait or that what we are waiting for might not be the "answer" to our wishes in the end.
Thank you. I guess the feeling is that sometimes we're lucky enough NOT to get what we wanted. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by abrakadeborah. Thank you abrakadeborah. ~ James