DEFINITION: v. To wait patiently, or perhaps not, for a little bit of medical attention and hopefully some relief from what ails you. n. A person who is sick, and tired, and waiting for medical care.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Impatients: /im-pey-shuhnts/ The chart may have listed Rosie as an out-patient but the nurses designated her as one of the impatients. Etymology: impatience (eagerly desirous) + patient (a person who is under medical care or treatment) Created by: artr2.
Waitwatcher: /wayt wat cher/ Mary became a waitwatcher long before it was fashionable to do so. She wasted hours in her doctor’s medi-center waiting room. How is it she thought, that I arrived when they opened at 9:00 am only to get #97 ticket? After spending the best part of 6 hours waiting to see her doctor, his consult was 3 minutes long and he advised her to lose some weight!!! Etymology: Wait (to remain idle in anticipation of something) & Watcher (of clocks) & Wordplay on WeightWatchers (weight loss program) Created by: Nosila.
Illfortunato: /Ill-for-toon-ah-toh/ I found myself trying unsuccessfully to sink into the hard plastic seat with the rest of the IllFortunatos. My head pounded and my rag was quickly filling with blood. It would be a long night. Etymology: Ill- to be afflicted with virus, disease, injury
Fortune-can mean one’s overall situation
Oh-an attempt to sound somewhat foreign Created by: kalex.
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