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DEFINITION: A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity; excessive patience.

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Jobstinant

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: johb-stun-ant

Sentence: some people said i was being jobstinant, but i knew eventually someone would want me to work less hours for more money and, if i was lucky, i would have unlimited access to free downloadable porn without fear of retribution

Etymology: obstinant, job [as in the biblical guy who everyone has the patience of]

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COMMENTS:

nice reference to Job - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-11: 12:21:00

Thinking outside the box! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-11: 13:47:00

Be careful you don't receive a jobation! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:10:00

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Pronauseastination

Created by: gazissax

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Evan was a classic ballcrastinator: he was often struck out for waiting for the ideal pitch.

Etymology: nausea=from ad nauseaum, to go on to the point of sickness; procrastination=to put off and off

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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).

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Immorebilized

Created by: ScrabbledEgg

Pronunciation: im/mohr/buh/lahyzd

Sentence: His perfectionist tendencies left him completely and utterly immorebolized.

Etymology: immobilized + more

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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

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Tiltymezend

Created by: brimuth

Pronunciation: till - time - zend

Sentence: The spouse perfected tiltymezend-ism after many years of waiting for his wife to make up her mind on which dress to buy whenever they went shopping.

Etymology: Until - the end - of time.

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Opportenacity

Created by: CitizenKeen

Pronunciation: ah-PURR-ten-ASS-i-ty

Sentence: When Danny played Halo, he had the opportenacity to sit there and wait for the whole match for that perfect headshot.

Etymology: opportunity + tenacity

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Purpoise

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: purr-poiz

Sentence: In trying to create a verboticism to match today's verbinition, Bob was willing to wait with purpoise.

Etymology: A blend of purpose: a goal; the thing you want to achieve; and poise: a state of calmness, composure, self-controlled under strain or pressure.

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COMMENTS:

if Bob is a porpoise he would be a porpoise with a purpoise - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-11: 12:24:00

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