DEFINITION: v. intr., 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)
Redundunce: /ri-duhn-duhns
/ Jenny is a classic redundunce who needs to do things thirty, or forty times before she realizes they don’t work.
Etymology: REDUNDUNCE – noun from REDUNDANT (unnecessary repetition) + DUNCE (dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person)
Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Redundunce:
Nosila, 2008-09-22: 01:13:00
Good word!OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 05:57:00
very nice
Sisyphutile: /Sis-y-phu-tile/ Her chronic bankruptcy and sisyphutile efforts earned her glances of repulsed horror from the clerks at the Shopmart.
It was task of sisyphutilean magnitude, and despite this he assumed responsibility.
The hunt for weeds and insects became so inexorably sisyphutiling that gardening was no longer a pleasure.
To sisyphutile or not to sisyphutile? Etymology: Sisyphus (mythological figure sentenced to an eternity of rolling a stone to the top of a hill only to have it roll back down) & futile (ineffective) Created by: zxvasdf.
Comments on Sisyphutile:
Jabberwocky, 2008-09-22: 11:47:00
wonderful etymologyOZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 06:09:00
A classical beauty.
Futilibot: /Few-till-ih-bot/ “Tommy must have asked Jill out three hundred times. Can’t he see she’ll never say yes? What a futilibot!” Etymology: Futile – ineffective, useless; Bot – from ‘robot’, programmed to perform one action Created by: MissRabbit.
Comments on Futilibot:
OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 06:03:00
I have an obseesion with words based on robot: Ildrobot: [noun] Part female human & part electronic being, designed to live on planets other than Earth. [From ild, an Old Norse feminine affix, and robot; also androbot and humobot.] Love futilibot.
Halfwitual: /haf-wit-u-al/ Sally was a halfwitual bargain shopper who repeatedly bought the giant size box of cereal at Costco to save money and then always threw out half of it when it went stale. Etymology: half wit + habitual Created by: Jabberwocky.
Comments on Halfwitual:
OZZIEBOB, 2008-09-23: 05:56:00
Excellent combination
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