DEFINITION: v. To hurry up and wait. n. A person who compels you to prepare quickly for an activity which they know will be delayed, postponed or retarded.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Hastenwaste: /hay sten wayst/ You have seen him hundreds of times on airplanes. The guy in the back row who grabs all of his stuff. He never checks bags, just crams his overhead with tons of luggage. As soon as the plane lands he jumps into the aisle, ready to sprint out the gangway. Except the plane hasn’t docked yet, others are in his way with the same idea and he cannot jump over them to get to the front of the line-up. He is guilty of hastenwaste, because he has to impatiently stand there for twenty minutes. This traveller never has a connecting flight or someone waiting for him…he just has to beat all the others out the cabin door! Etymology: Hasten (hurry;act or move at high speed) & Waste (spend thoughtlessly;useless or profitless activity) Created by: Nosila.
Speedelay: /spÄ“dilÄ/ Phil is not the most polite driver we know. He cuts from lane to lane trying to get ahead of slower drivers only to be stopped by a traffic signal. He will speedelay all the way to work to get there 2 minutes earlier than someone who goes with the flow of traffic. His biography may well be entitled â€Rushing to the Red Lightâ€. Etymology: speed (rapidity of movement or action) + delay (be late or slow; loiter) Created by: artr2.
Queuetard: /kyoo-tard/ The plane landed, immediately all the queuetards stand up and eagerly get into line to exit the plane. Etymology: queue-line of people; retard-slow AND dumb Created by: youmustvotenato.
Earlisertist: /er-lee-i-ser-tist/ “There’s plenty of time stop being such an earlisertist!” Etymology: Created by: chandlerh123.
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