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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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Tunnelvisioned
Created by: ajnemajrje
Pronunciation: tuhn-ul-vizh-un-d
Sentence: John is so tunnelvisioned; he keeps doing the same thing over and over again.
Etymology: A person who is tunnel visioned sees nothing but the task at hand and an unrelenting need for the task at hand to come to fruition even though it may never do so.
Notparticularlyprofoundhog
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: naht (if you're from Boston) parr tik ewe larr leee proh fow nd hhhh og
Sentence: this notparticularlyprofoundhog woke up the next morning to find everything was the same... she was still broke.
Etymology: groundhog, not particularly profound
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COMMENTS:
ewe go, guroundhog! - Nosila, 2010-02-20: 02:14:00
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Ohseedeeder
Created by: deanliddell
Pronunciation: oh-see-deed-hur
Sentence: Frank could never adjust to eating oat cereal and drinking coffee in the morning. The former was in hopes of lowering his cholesterol and the later was a bad habit. In combination these made him spend so much time in his morning constitution that he was always late for work. It never dawned on him to get up earlier, or just stop his bad habit.
Etymology: A phonetic variant of OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and a flippant reference to a serious psychological conditon where one persists in repetitive behaviors and mental acts that are not realistic to reduce their levels of stress and anxiety.
Boronist
Created by: brimuth
Pronunciation: boar - on - ist
Sentence: A compulsive boronist, James would stick at the same pointless task, despite knowing it was futile to comtinue.
Etymology: A boring person who honestly thinks his repeated actions will produce a desired result.
Halfwitual
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: haf/wit/u/al
Sentence: Sally was a halfwitual bargain shopper who repeatedly bought the giant size box of cereal at Costco to save money and then always threw out half of it when it went stale.
Etymology: half wit + habitual
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COMMENTS:
Excellent combination - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 05:56:00
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Moronandonandon
Created by: shalla
Pronunciation: more-on-and-on-and-on
Sentence: Jimmy watched the moronandonandon stop, look at the door questioningly, grab the door's handle, and for the fourth time visibly strain to pull it, ignoring the big red letters PUSH splashed across the door's center.
Etymology: moron (an idiot) + on and on and on (to keep going for an extended time)
Redundunce
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ri/duhn/duhns
Sentence: Jenny is a classic redundunce who needs to do things thirty, or forty times before she realizes they don't work.
Etymology: REDUNDUNCE - noun from REDUNDANT (unnecessary repetition) + DUNCE (dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person)
Perditztence
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: pur-DIHTS-tehns
Sentence: Alex proceeded to call the girl who dumped him with noble perditztence.
Etymology: persistence + ditz
Ignorverance
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: igg-nor-veer-ans
Sentence: Becky's ignorverance made her continually try to drive her Hummer under the bank drive through, knowing each time that she wouldn't fit and she'd have to back up and park.
Etymology: ignorance + perserverance
Insandant
Created by: MithrilShadow
Pronunciation: Pronounced phonetically
Sentence: The lady was insandant, she swiped her credit card through the machine for minutes even though it wasn't on.
Etymology: From the words "Insanity: something utterly foolish or unreasonable", "Insistence: continuing or inclined to persist in a course", and "Redundant: characterized by similarity or repetition"
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James