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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.
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Lancedalot
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: lanced/a/lot
Sentence: Steve repeatedly lancedalot his hand as he took his daily shortcut swinging over the barbed wire fence.
Etymology: Lancelot (the bravest of King Arthur's knights) + lance + alot
Cluelant
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: klu lent
Sentence: The cluelant kept trying to unlock the car door with the ignition key.
Etymology:
Cyclopsycho
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: sigh-clo-sigh-ko
Sentence: Whenever you play angry birds, you tend to go cyclopsycho thinking the outcome will be different
Etymology: cycle and psychotic
Actover
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation:
Sentence: her persestant actover is spell-binding
Etymology:
Tenasilly
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: teh-nah-sill-ee
Sentence:
Etymology: Tenacity + Silly
Drudgemule
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Druhj-myool
Sentence: Gavin knew he needed to buy a new car, but money was tight, so he was going to remain a drudgemule every morning while spending 10-15 minutes coaxing the engine to life.
Etymology: Drudgery: difficult work + mule: stubborn animal.
Effetenacity
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: eh-feet-NAS-i-tee
Sentence: Despite his best intentions, Bob crassiduated with effetenacity. His failure was not his " falling in a hole" but that, as a rutator, he remained there!
Etymology: Effetenacity: (effete & tenacity), effete:incapable of efficient action... Crassiduate:(crass & assiduate), ... Rutator: (rut & rotator)
Repetatwit
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Re-pet-a-twit
Sentence: Tom was such a repetatwit that when he dialled a wrong number he would constantly use redial, in the hope of eventually gettng to speak to the right person.
Etymology: Repeat(To do or occur in the same way or form) + Twit(A foolish or silly person = Repetatwit
Unyieldingdong
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: un-yeel-ding-dong
Sentence: Despite the fact that it clearly didn't fit, Sue remained an unyieldingdong, and continuted to try to insert her house key into the car's ignition.
Etymology: unyielding, ding-dong
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COMMENTS:
Great idea! But why not just "unyieldong"? - milorush, 2007-10-24: 10:28:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-10-24: 10:38:00
Cuz then it would have a phallic connotation, which, in retrospect, might not have been a bad idea ;-). - purpleartichokes, 2007-10-24: 11:43:00
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Sisyphutile
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Sis-y-phu-tile
Sentence: Her chronic bankruptcy and sisyphutile efforts earned her glances of repulsed horror from the clerks at the Shopmart. It was task of sisyphutilean magnitude, and despite this he assumed responsibility. The hunt for weeds and insects became so inexorably sisyphutiling that gardening was no longer a pleasure. To sisyphutile or not to sisyphutile?
Etymology: Sisyphus (mythological figure sentenced to an eternity of rolling a stone to the top of a hill only to have it roll back down) & futile (ineffective)
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COMMENTS:
wonderful etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-22: 11:47:00
A classical beauty. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 06:09:00
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Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James