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DEFINITION: v., To have the strength of character, persistence of heart, and dimness of wit to follow an unchanging course of action even when it is completely ineffective. n., A person who unhappily does the same thing over and over again.
Verboticisms
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Futilibot
Created by: MissRabbit
Pronunciation: Few-till-ih-bot
Sentence: "Tommy must have asked Jill out three hundred times. Can't he see she'll never say yes? What a futilibot!"
Etymology: Futile - ineffective, useless; Bot - from 'robot', programmed to perform one action
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COMMENTS:
I have an obseesion with words based on robot: Ildrobot: [noun] Part female human & part electronic being, designed to live on planets other than Earth. [From ild, an Old Norse feminine affix, and robot; also androbot and humobot.] Love futilibot. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 06:03:00
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Cluelant
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: klu lent
Sentence: The cluelant kept trying to unlock the car door with the ignition key.
Etymology:
Cartblank
Created by: DrWebsterIII
Pronunciation: kart blaank
Sentence: Barbie was so cartblank, she thought any plastic card she used was carte blanche at any ATM for her monetary desires
Etymology: A spin off of carte blanche (a blank check) Making someone go card blank, crazy
Bliond
Created by: Entombor2
Pronunciation: bly ond
Sentence: that girl is so bliond she deserves to lose her money.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
like blond and lion - Entombor2, 2007-10-28: 17:09:00
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Recurrist
Created by: vmalcolm
Pronunciation: /rekurəst/
Sentence: After the shift, the poor supermarket cashier, told her workmates about the recurrist she had to deal with during the previous afternoon!
Etymology: RECURRIST. Recur (To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly) + -ist (suff. One that performs a specified action)
Repeteturd
Created by: gothred
Pronunciation: Ree-pet-ee-turd
Sentence:
Etymology: repeat; to do something over and over, turd, faecal matter, slang for idiot. To do something over and over like an idiot.
Bonebrain
Created by: leechdude
Pronunciation: bon-brane
Sentence: Shauna went ballistic bonebraining thousands of times to get the lead out of her pencil.
Etymology: bone-head (common term used meant to mean "idiot") insead of head, brain.
Neuronugatory
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: nerr-oh-new-gat-tory
Sentence: The frustrated kid slams his fingers down onto the keyboard in a Neuronugatorial fashion. The kid is playing Halo, but his machine just can't handle the special effects. Frquent slams of the hands try to unfreeze the frozen screen. Yet nothing happens when your neuronugatorial!
Etymology: neurotic + nugatory (obsessive + meaningless)
Gallantard
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: gal·lan· tard
Sentence: The gallantard knight returned every day for years trying to pull the sword from the stone.
Etymology: Old French galant + Latin retardāre
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James