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DEFINITION: To never give up, to never let go of your dream, especially when others try to take it away from you.
Verboticisms
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Forwill
Created by: 02browns
Pronunciation: four - wil
Sentence: Jim was determined to get the prize, he had a lot of forwill.
Etymology: A combination of force and will, coming together to form forced will or forwill.
Deteradreamation
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Dee-Tur-a-Dreem-a-shun
Sentence: You could see the deteradreamation in his face that he was going to win the title of "King Burger Eater" no matter what the cost! It was his dream for all his life.
Etymology: Deter not as in "discourage" but short for "determination" and "dream" literally. A combination of the 2 words which describe the meaning.
Aspiverance
Created by: Phunky
Pronunciation: asp-iv-EAR-ance (british english)
Sentence: Her unwavering aspiverance turned her naive childhood pork-chop-stealing dream into a reality.
Etymology: Portmanteau of aspiration and perseverance. noun: aspiverance. verb: to aspivere. Amusing alternative configuration: perspiration
Convictream
Created by: freakystyley
Pronunciation: Con-Vick-Trim
Sentence: Leslie's goal, or rather convictream, in life is to win the "Best Mud-slinging Champ" trophy even if he has to play dirty.
Etymology: Conviction + Dream
Pullsevere
Created by: Zaeyde
Pronunciation: Pul-se-veer
Sentence: They tried to take away my dream of becoming a professional hot dog tester, but I pullsevered, and look at me now!
Etymology: Persevere, combined with "pull."
Tugodream
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: tug-oh-dreem
Sentence: A game of tugodream usually occurred when Susan's mother told her she couldn't possibly achieve her dream of winning in a hot dog eating contest.
Etymology: like tug-o-war
Carpedream
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: kar-pay-DREE-m. (to rhyme with carpe diem)
Sentence: After years of ridicule from his Latin teacher because of his lethargy, Bob decided to cease the daze, yelling "carpedream! carpedream!"
Etymology: To sieze the dream! Based on carpe diem: Latin phrase meaning "pluck the day" (or in modern parlance rendered: "to sieze the day."
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COMMENTS:
Clever play ... on seize the day! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-02: 14:38:00
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Disquittable
Created by: emmthewriter
Pronunciation:
Sentence: As disquittable as she is, she never gives up or loses faith in herself.
Etymology:
Grabicious
Created by: TheUrbanRabbit
Pronunciation: Grab-ish-uss
Sentence: Many people complimented Sara on her grabicious devotion to her dream
Etymology: adjective
Stubbortination
Created by: direwookiee
Pronunciation: Stub-bor-tin-ay-shun
Sentence: Timmy's "Stubbortination" impressed his tug of war team mates during the championship. He never let go and firmly refused to let the other team deny him his dream.
Etymology: "Stubbor-" comes from "STUBBORn" "-t-" doesn't come from anywhere. Stop looking at it. "-ination" comes from "DetermINATION"
Comments:
OZZIEBOB - 2008-01-02: 16:14:00
Great word!