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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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Morassiduate
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: muh-RASS-sij-oo-ate
Sentence: Despite his best intentions, Bob morassiduated with morotony. His failure was not his " falling in the mud" but that he remained stuck there!
Etymology: Blend of MORON: a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment; or dim of wit; MORASS: any confusing or troublesome situation, esp. one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement- "stuck in the mud" & ASSIDUATE: to be constant in application or effort; diligent in working at a task; to be persevering;
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COMMENTS:
so many good words - Jabberwocky, 2008-09-22: 11:46:00
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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.
Invanity
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: En - va - nahtee
Sentence: Pablo Dominguez III's invanity was unstoppable, despite the team's losing streak of 15 games he insisted it had nothing to do with his unique no goalie coaching strategy.
Etymology: Vanity - Insanity (doing the same thing over and over expecting diff results)
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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Refail
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiˌfe(ɪ)l/ /ˈrē-ˌfāl/
Sentence: In contrast to general persistence, which may be caused by a rational belief that things may be different next time, refailure is usually the result of obsessiveness, denial, or distraction.
Etymology: re- + fail
Denialate
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: dee/ni/a/late
Sentence: In an attempt to one, not miss out on the sale at Bloomie's, and two not be humiliated in front of her peers, Dianne continued to denialate her Mastercard. By the time security and her husband pulled her away kicking and screaming, her card was but a shred of plastic hot to the touch.
Etymology: Denial: The act of asserting that something alleged is not true. Annihilate: To destroy a considerable part of.
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.
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.
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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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James