DEFINITION: v., To have the strength of character, persistence of heart, and dimness of wit to follow an unchanging course of action even when it is completely ineffective. n., A person who unhappily does the same thing over and over again.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Redodo: /re doo do/ Renate kept blindly trying to get blood out of a stone…or in her case, money out of an empty account. She was a perfect speciman of a redodo. Keewp doing it over and over until you got what you wanted. Sure she had put money in there and sure she had debited her account at every store in town, but she seemed to think that it would automatically replace itself. This is how the redodo’s became extinct! Etymology: Redo (do over) & Dodo (extinct heavy flightless bird;dumb as a dodo bird) Created by: Nosila.
Redundunce: /ridəndəns/ Mary couldn’t believe the guy she saw the other day at the mall. He was standing by the entrance pushing the handicap opener button over and over despite the out-of-order sign. What a redundunce, she thought as she walked around him and into the mall. As she looked back, he was still poking the button. Etymology: redundance (no longer needed or useful; superfluous) + dunce (a person who is slow at learning; a stupid person) Created by: artr.
Errsistance: /urr sissss tan sss/ On previous occasions her errsistance gained her victory. thid time, however, it got her a barring order and a suspended sentence. Etymology: persistance, err Created by: galwaywegian.
Invanity: /En – va – nahtee/ Pablo Dominguez III’s invanity was unstoppable, despite the team’s losing streak of 15 games he insisted it had nothing to do with his unique no goalie coaching strategy. Etymology: Vanity – Insanity (doing the same thing over and over expecting diff results) Created by: Mrgoodtimes.
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