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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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Thicktoitiveness
Created by: milorush
Pronunciation: (n.) thĭk-tōō'-ĭt-tĭv-nĭs
Sentence: Margary's refusal to give up on her shiftless, alcoholic, womanizing husband demonstrates the thicktoitiveness of the proverbial moron looking for the corner of a round room.
Etymology: thick = "mentally slow; stupid; dull" + "-toitiveness (suffix from sticktoitiveness = "dogged perseverance; resolute tenacity")
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COMMENTS:
brilliant!! - libertybelle, 2007-10-24: 16:25:00
My other word for this definition was "duhtermination." - milorush, 2007-10-25: 10:59:00
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Redundunce
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ridəndəns
Sentence: Mary couldn’t believe the guy she saw the other day at the mall. He was standing by the entrance pushing the handicap opener button over and over despite the out-of-order sign. What a redundunce, she thought as she walked around him and into the mall. As she looked back, he was still poking the button.
Etymology: redundance (no longer needed or useful; superfluous) + dunce (a person who is slow at learning; a stupid person)
Redohndant
Created by: Lolagrrl
Pronunciation: ree-D'OHn-dant
Sentence: My inner genius was obviously out buying bagels as I redohndantly searched the house for the glasses perched neatly atop my noggin.
Etymology: Redundant - Exceeding what is necessary or natural + D'OH! - a statement that embodies all things idiotic. Made famous by Homer Simpson.
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COMMENTS:
That bespectacled noggin must belong to a real d'ohwit...you beat me to the d'oh, d'oh! nice word - pungineer, 2007-10-24: 12:08:00
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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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Bushate
Created by: sterncohen
Pronunciation: BUSH-ate
Sentence: OK, now we're really lost - would you stop being such a Bushate and ask somebody for directions?
Etymology: Bush, US President known for persisting at all costs with failed policies; -ate, suffix denoting a condition or state of being.
Dumbsistence
Created by: Chickp
Pronunciation: Dumb/sis/tence
Sentence: The pure dumbsistence of Betty made her try her card over and over again although it was telling her she had insufficient funds.
Etymology: Dumb+Persistence
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)
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - Nosila, 2008-09-22: 01:13:00
very nice - OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 05:57:00
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Rerutoccur
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: ri-rut-oh-kur
Sentence: Jim purposely jammed the new Xerox machine and failed to fix it each time, having to call the technician in and do the dirty work. This was a common rerutoccurance for Jim, part of his daily repertoire on how to successfully annoy his co-workers.
Etymology: reoccur + rut
Redunduncy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ridəndənsē
Sentence: With 3 months until his retirement, Jack*s job became completely unnecessary. In a benevolent gesture, the company assigned him to a task that was as mindless as anyone could imagine. It was like a case of senior Groundhog Day. The redunduncy almost drove him into early dementia. Where he once viewed retirement with reluctance he now embraced the idea with glee.
Etymology: redundancy (the state of being no longer needed or useful) + dunce (a person who is slow at learning; a stupid person)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James