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DEFINITION: v., 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.
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Tenasilly
Created by: FreakyDeak
Pronunciation: teh-nah-sill-ee
Sentence:
Etymology: Tenacity + Silly
Neuronugatory
Created by: Kevcom
Pronunciation: nerr-oh-new-gat-tory
Sentence: The frustrated kid slams his fingers down onto the keyboard in a Neuronugatorial fashion. The kid is playing Halo, but his machine just can't handle the special effects. Frquent slams of the hands try to unfreeze the frozen screen. Yet nothing happens when your neuronugatorial!
Etymology: neurotic + nugatory (obsessive + meaningless)
Dumbsistence
Created by: Chickp
Pronunciation: Dumb/sis/tence
Sentence: The pure dumbsistence of Betty made her try her card over and over again although it was telling her she had insufficient funds.
Etymology: Dumb+Persistence
Persistard
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: per-SIS-tard / dun-see-KAY-shun
Sentence: Donna was well known as a persistard. She would often continue to push the elevator button after it was lit, and would send back her Publisher's Clearing House entries (with subscriptions). She hoped her duncication would pay off one day.
Etymology: n: Persistard =persistance + (re)tard; v: Duncication = dunce + (dedi)cation
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COMMENTS:
ha! - good one :) - Lidipop, 2007-10-24: 12:09:00
If I had been drinking milk whilst reading this it would have shot straight out my nose! :D Good one!! - Lolagrrl, 2007-10-24: 14:01:00
That actually is a good one, come to think of it! On another note, Isn't it funny to notice that you can almost tell how many points a word will have simply by looking at the comments? - Kevcom, 2007-10-24: 23:00:00
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Dumbassiduous
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: dum-as-sid-you-us
Sentence: I stood in line for 25 minutes because of a dumbassiduous woman who believed if she just tried harder the money would appear in her bank account.
Etymology: dumbass: someone who is not very bright; blockhead + assiduous: persistent;
Cluelant
Created by: jhill1229
Pronunciation: klu lent
Sentence: The cluelant kept trying to unlock the car door with the ignition key.
Etymology:
Bushify
Created by: veranadine
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I am not going to move back in with you Todd! Do I look like a bushifier or something? After maxing out ten others, he proceeded to bushify his way through yet another gold mastercard.
Etymology:
Dittolooper
Created by: Lidipop
Pronunciation: Dee-toe-lou-per
Sentence: what a dittolooper, doesn't she notice the line up behind her!!!
Etymology: ditto(same) + looper(tool that forms a loop) =dittolooper.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by Osomatic. Thank you Osomatic. ~ James