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DEFINITION: n. A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity. v. To be excessively patient.
Verboticisms
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Pertunitous
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: per-tune-it-is
Sentence: Rachel was very pertunitous. She could wait forever for the perfect moment and opportunity.
Etymology: contraction of perfect and opportune
Ultraprocrastination
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: altra-prau-krsti-nation
Sentence: people with ultraprocrastination have never been men of action.
Etymology: ultra means very hight or excessive one. procrastination means to delay or not taking action.
Slackution
Created by: Karuma
Pronunciation: slak-oo-shun
Sentence: he was way too slackution to even notice he passed the place.
Etymology:
Trancepatience
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: transe payt iens
Sentence: his trancepatience was so effective, he had his own cpr team.
Etymology: trance patience
Perfectopp
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: Per-fect-opp
Sentence: I will perfectopp for the perfect pitch.
Etymology: Perfect oppertunity
Opportimistic
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: op ur ti MIS tik
Sentence: Alan was opportimistic that this time he would find just the right work-from-home scheme. He considered it "job-hunting" when he was surfing the Web for ways to earn cash in his free time. And he had a LOT of free time now, since losing his job due to excessive time spent surfing the Web.
Etymology: opportunity + optimistic
Ridicusistence
Created by: mana1066
Pronunciation: ree-dick-you-siss-tense
Sentence: People at work thought Dermott's ridusitence was sweet and calm until waiting behind him in line at the water fountain waiting for him to get the "perfect flow" before sipping.
Etymology: riduculous + persistence
Inordealsty
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: in-awr-deel-stee; in-awr-deel-stey
Sentence: In her inordealsty, Candy had failed to dance all night while waiting for Joe to ask her.
Etymology: inordinate (not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive) + ideal (a standard of perfection or excellence) + stay (to remain through or during)
Pausifist
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: paws/i/fist
Sentence: Dave was a pausifist who was very content waiting for things to happen - his slogan was "give pause a chance".
Etymology: pause + pacifist
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COMMENTS:
Power to the pauseful!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-03-19: 13:10:00
This has real pausibilities! - Alchemist, 2007-03-20: 05:03:00
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Mentalpatience
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: men-tal-pay-shense
Sentence: Jill became a patient the mental hospital because of her mentalpatience in sitting at home waiting for Mr. Right to come along.
Etymology: mental patient/ patience
Comments:
mplsbohemian - 2007-03-19: 10:42:00
This is the best batch of words I've seen yet. :)
wordmeister - 2007-03-19: 17:50:00
There so many good ones... But which one should I vote for? I'd like to zensist on a cialusmoment but I may have too much infinatience and succumb to preparalysis, or even aucoporence. Is this caseyatthebatititude, or just godotancy?
Hey Verbotomists, Great words last week. Nosila was the top player, but since she won "The Eyre Affair", the prize "Lost in a Good Book" goes to mrskellyscl. This week we are giving away Jasper Fforde's "The Well of Lost Plots". Be creative, and good luck to all. ~ James