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DEFINITION: v. To wait patiently, or perhaps not, for a little bit of medical attention and hopefully some relief from what ails you. n. A person who is sick, and tired, and waiting for medical care.
Verboticisms
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Impatient
Created by: QuantumMechanic
Pronunciation: em-pay-shunt
Sentence: Doctor! The impatients are rioting in the waiting room!
Etymology: impatient + patient
Illdoctaramous
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: eel-doc-ta-ray-mose
Sentence: Susie patiently waited as his patient in the tiny room chilled to the bone,adorned in that tiny paper top. She had waited so long that she became so "illdoctaramous" that she almost lost it and was about to ram her fist into the wall as she flew into a rage! Yet,Susie was too sick to let my temper flare. After 2 and 1/2 hours of sickly waiting,he walks in all chipper and did not notice Susy's "illdotaramous" attitude towards him.
Etymology: Ill;sick. Doctar;Doctor. Ram;Ready to ram a fist in the wall. Ous;Beyond ready to ram a fist into the wall and too sick to care to wait any longer.
Toolonganimous
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: TOO long GAN uh muhs
Sentence: She was longanimous in her suffering, never even whispering a complaint or a whimper in spite of her pain. But that was the first eight hours, sitting in the hospital waiting room. By the ten hour mark she winced slightly whenever she had to move. When the doctor finally showed up after she had been there for twelve hours, she was toolonganimous. She no longer suffered silently.
Etymology: LONGANIMOUS: patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance TOO LONG:
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COMMENTS:
Great last line and word. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:09:00
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Grimpatient
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: grim-PAY-shunt
Sentence: Wanda was doing her very best to remain cheerful but as the hours wore on and she continued to be ignored by the ER staff while feeling progressively worse she went from being an ordinary outpatient to being a grimpatient, angry and no longer a stoic and tolerant person.
Etymology: Blend of 'grim' (Dismal; gloomy) and 'patient'...dual meaning (a person who is under medical care or treatment) and (having or showing the capacity for endurance) --- a play on the word 'impatient'.
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COMMENTS:
wonderful choice of words with a perfect blending. Great Create! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 01:02:00
like it - galwaywegian, 2009-03-04: 11:10:00
clever word play - rombus, 2009-03-05: 07:52:00
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Illfortunato
Created by: kalex
Pronunciation: Ill-for-toon-ah-toh
Sentence: I found myself trying unsuccessfully to sink into the hard plastic seat with the rest of the IllFortunatos. My head pounded and my rag was quickly filling with blood. It would be a long night.
Etymology: Ill- to be afflicted with virus, disease, injury Fortune-can mean one's overall situation Oh-an attempt to sound somewhat foreign
Anticipatient
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: an tis i pay shent
Sentence: The people in the ER waiting room tended to be anticipatient. They drank the awful coffee from the vending machine and then cued up for the toilets. Don't they know you do not buy it...you just rent coffee for a while?
Etymology: Anticipate (wait for) & Patient (a person who requires medical care;enduring without complaint)
Waitingruined
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: way ting roo ind
Sentence: Okay, I have been waitingruined. I am normally a patient (pardon the pun) person, but I draw the line at having to sit in cramped, stuffy quarters with walking contagions for hours on end. This is the day I forgot to bring a novel (which I can usually start and finish in one wait session). Most people can start and end "Gone With The Wind" while awaiting the obstetrician. That is why so many babies are named Rhett, Scarlett, Melanie & Ashley! The magazines are ancient, sneezed on and would give CSI enough forensics to call the CDC in Atlanta. Why do doctors make appointments, when they are just approximate (plus 2 hours) timeframes? Wouldn't it be great to see statistics on how many patients expire from or as the result of lengthy stays in waiting rooms??? As a result, I make a long list before I go in of medical complaints, so that I get my money's worth while I am there!!
Etymology: waiting room (where you languish for hours on end with contagious peiople, just to see a doctor for a nano-seconmd who says, keep an eye on it and come back next week!) & Ruined (wrecked, destroyed, rendered useless)
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COMMENTS:
enjoyed every pun ... so well done! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-05: 01:46:00
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Remedally
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: re-MEE-dal-ee
Sentence: In haiku. A room of sneezes. Doctor calls 'next'. One less remedally.
Etymology: remedy + dally + remedial
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COMMENTS:
nice one petaj - Jabberwocky, 2009-03-04: 10:06:00
Gives new meaning to poetic justice! Magnificent! - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:06:00
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Nausewaited
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: nau/se/wait/ed 
Sentence: He nausewaited in the hospital emergency room for six hours before a doctor helped him.
Etymology: NAUSEWAITED - verb - from NAUSEATED (to feel sick) + WAIT (delay)
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COMMENTS:
Really captures the feeling of being sick. Fits the definition excellently. - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 11:01:00
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Anticipwaition
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: an/ti/sip/wate/shun
Sentence: The anticipwaition became palpable when the door from the waiting room opened to reveal another room full of anxious patients.
Etymology: wait + anticipation
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COMMENTS:
Splendid sentence and word - silveryaspen, 2009-03-04: 10:54:00
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