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DEFINITION: A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity; excessive patience.
Verboticisms
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Willtopatience
Created by: Janbo
Pronunciation: Pronounced in a continuous manner.
Sentence: His willtopatience is too great for his own good.
Etymology:
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
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
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
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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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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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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Constiperformance
Created by: PeePaw00
Pronunciation: consta-performance
Sentence: In his life of constiperformance, he had no choice but to quit the band before their first paying gig.
Etymology: constipation + performance
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
Perfatience
Created by: pipipipipi
Pronunciation: per-fay-shents
Sentence: "His perfatience often hindered him in getting anything done"
Etymology: perfection and patience
