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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.
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Pretard
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: pre-tard
Sentence: Jonathan was never late. In fact his girlfriend often complained that he came too early, but his perpetual pretardation never got in the way of their relationship until their planned wedding day, when the anxious pretard arrived at the church 16 hours early and ended up sleeping with another lady in waiting, who coincidently had pretarded her intended groom by a day and a half.
Etymology: pre+tard
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COMMENTS:
The wedding must have taken place at Hour lately of Pre-pet-ual Help church - Jabberwocky, 2008-04-22: 11:29:00
Yes it was consecrated at the Church of Hour Lately, but it was done a holy hour early. - wordmeister, 2008-04-22: 13:47:00
The word standing alone is hilarious. The sentence is icing. (not sure, however, you meant "come to early," which would mean being an early riser, as opposed to "come too early," which means, well, kind of the same thing...oh, never mind.) - stache, 2008-04-22: 19:03:00
Thank you stache. I have added another "o" to my "too", for clarification purposes... - wordmeister, 2008-04-23: 00:11:00
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Anticiwait
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: an-tiss-uh-wayt
Sentence: Joel knew it would look ridiculous to the non-believers, but he didn't care. Tickets for the band didn't go on sale for another three days. He remembered the last time he waited for the latest video game console to come out -- he took his time and got there 36 hours before the release date and was 9th in line. He wasn't going to let that happen again. He was going to anticiwait as long as it took to be first in line.
Etymology: Anticipate + wait
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Obsessiwaiter
Created by: pieceof314
Pronunciation: ob sess ih wayt er
Sentence: Harrold was an obsessiwaiter of unbelieveable magnitude. If the airlines said to be there 2 hours ahead of time, he had to be there 4 hours ahead. If he had to be at work by 8:00 am, he'd get there at 5. This put a strain his co-workers who were in his carpool and travel work's traveling group.
Etymology: obsessive + wait (er)
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COMMENTS:
This word could also fit for those waiters/waitresses who want to take your order before you've had a chance to even open the menu, and then come back every 20 seconds to check and see if you're ready to order yet. - Tigger, 2008-04-22: 23:25:00
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Panicstaytions
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: panic stations
Sentence: Jerry had panicstaytioned his team to get their responses in today, even though the survey to decide on a venue for the Christmas party would not close for 6 weeks, and the party itself was still 3 months away.
Etymology: panic (characterised by hurried movements and stirred up by being rushed) + stay (stop, keep still, wait) + panic stations (British & Australian, informal) a time when you feel extremely anxious and you must act quickly because something needs to be done urgently)
Queuetard
Created by: youmustvotenato
Pronunciation: kyoo-tard
Sentence: 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
Rushstop
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: rush-stop
Sentence: Max and June sat at the rushstop for a half hour while the driver finished his coffee and donuts. When the bus finally did show up they discovered that they left in such a hurry they forgot to pack their tickets.
Etymology: (play on bus-stop)
Earlisertist
Created by: chandlerh123
Pronunciation: er-lee-i-ser-tist
Sentence: "There's plenty of time stop being such an earlisertist!"
Etymology:
Firstration
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fur stray shun
Sentence: His firstration proved fatal in the end when he succumbed to heat exhaustion and dehydration in the 100+ july heat, while ququing for the january sales. He had called the paramedics, but his call was queued.
Etymology: first, frustration
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COMMENTS:
Good one. - ErWenn, 2008-04-22: 09:50:00
Crap! I just realized that I should have taken the opportunity of that last comment to say "First post!" - ErWenn, 2008-04-22: 09:50:00
Great blend. - Tigger, 2008-04-22: 23:30:00
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Himpromptoo
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: him-PROMP-too
Sentence: Edgar was beyond anal...he was totally obsessed with being early to even those events that had little if any significance and his friends jokingly (though with some chagrin) referred to him as himpromptoo, which had no effect whatsoever in deterring him from his self appointed rounds.
Etymology: Blend of 'him' and 'impromptu'
Hypertia
Created by: Jamagra
Pronunciation: hi/per/sha
Sentence: While travelling on their honeymoon, newlyweds Guy and Gail O'Leo had unfortunate encounters with Newton's lesser-known "Scofflaws" of Motion: Scofflaw #1(Rule of Hypertia) - An object in motion tends to remain in motion, and an object at rest is usually at the wrong departure point (thus rapidly substituting the state of "hyper" for the state of "inertia"). Scofflaw #2 - The velocity (V) of any person in motion is directly proportional to the traveller's distance (D) from his or her departure point; but inversely proportional to the amount of luggage (L) he or she is toting, and the amount of time (T) he or she has before departing.
Etymology: hyper + inertia
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COMMENTS:
I absolutely love this one! Classic! - pieceof314, 2008-04-22: 09:16:00
Excellent word! - ErWenn, 2008-04-22: 09:49:00
You could probably sell tee-shirts at the airport with these 'laws' on them, although the people most apt to buy them would be running to their gates and ticket counters. Very amusing. - Tigger, 2008-04-22: 23:20:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Nosila. Thank you Nosila. ~ James