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DEFINITION: A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity; excessive patience.
Verboticisms
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Perfechance
Created by: sparkles510
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The boy's perfechance caused him to wait for weeks to ask the girl out.
Etymology:
Eternalretentive
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: e-turn-al-ree-tent-iv
Sentence: Penelope's eternalretention was so bad that it was being mimicked by her digestive system. It was always waiting for the perfect piece of cuisine - so she was fading away.
Etymology: anal retentive + eternity
Stoiextracism
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: stoh-uh-ek-struh-siz-uhm
Sentence: He who hesitates or practices stoiextracism is lost.
Etymology: stoicism + extra
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COMMENTS:
Might be time for a stoiexorcism! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:25:00
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Zencessive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: zen/cess/ive
Sentence: He has a zencessive personality, constantly in meditation and self-contemplation waiting always for the perfect moment to act. Because of his zencessiveness, he often misses out completely.
Etymology: zen + excessive
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COMMENTS:
Om good! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-11: 13:46:00
You really zend me! Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:41:00
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Eternitease
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ee/turn/i/teez
Sentence: It didn't matter how long he had to wait. He was an eternitease so he could wait forever
Etymology: eternity + tease
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COMMENTS:
Another good one! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-11: 13:44:00
But he will finish up in an eterni-box. Handsome word in look and sound. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:13:00
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Hypnotimed
Created by: trace45
Pronunciation: hyp·no·tīmd'
Sentence: Jack was hypnotimed from playing video games because he got fired for not showing up at work.
Etymology: hypno + timed
Justrightism
Created by: Lurky2000
Pronunciation: Just-Right-izm
Sentence: Justin was an extreme justrightist
Etymology:
Perfictionism
Created by: phonematode
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Stymied by her own perfictionism, she kept letting go of Mr. Right in search of Mr. Unfreakinbelievable. Now in her 70's she can frequently be heard muttering "All good things come to those who wait..." to her half dozen cats.
Etymology: fiction + perfectionism
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COMMENTS:
The thing about spinsters- to quote Earlene White- "a woman who knows all the answers but has never been asked the question." Love the sentence and a nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:59:00
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Apexpectation
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: a-PEX-pec-ta-shun
Sentence: At 40 years old, Barry was still apexpecting the girl of his dreams to find and fall in love with him. His mother, on the other hand, was just hoping he would move out.
Etymology: Apex (the pinnacle) and Expecting (a state of waiting in anticipation).
Steadication
Created by: Scrumpy
Pronunciation: sted-i-key-shun
Sentence: Jean had unlimited steadication when it came to waiting for John's marrige proposal.
Etymology: steady + dedication
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COMMENTS:
very nice!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-11: 12:22:00
Steady there! At least they're going steady. Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:21:00
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