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DEFINITION: A willingness to wait, forever if necessary, for the perfect opportunity; excessive patience.
Verboticisms
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Eternalretentive
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: e-turn-al-ree-tent-iv
Sentence: Penelope's eternalretention was so bad that it was being mimicked by her digestive system. It was always waiting for the perfect piece of cuisine - so she was fading away.
Etymology: anal retentive + eternity
Justrightism
Created by: Lurky2000
Pronunciation: Just-Right-izm
Sentence: Justin was an extreme justrightist
Etymology:
Zencessive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: zen/cess/ive
Sentence: He has a zencessive personality, constantly in meditation and self-contemplation waiting always for the perfect moment to act. Because of his zencessiveness, he often misses out completely.
Etymology: zen + excessive
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COMMENTS:
Om good! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-11: 13:46:00
You really zend me! Good word - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:41:00
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Placidelay
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: plass + ih + dih + lay
Sentence: Some day my ship will come in - until that day, I placidelay.
Etymology: placid + delay
Jobstinant
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: johb-stun-ant
Sentence: some people said i was being jobstinant, but i knew eventually someone would want me to work less hours for more money and, if i was lucky, i would have unlimited access to free downloadable porn without fear of retribution
Etymology: obstinant, job [as in the biblical guy who everyone has the patience of]
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COMMENTS:
nice reference to Job - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-11: 12:21:00
Thinking outside the box! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-11: 13:47:00
Be careful you don't receive a jobation! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:10:00
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Purpoise
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: purr-poiz
Sentence: In trying to create a verboticism to match today's verbinition, Bob was willing to wait with purpoise.
Etymology: A blend of purpose: a goal; the thing you want to achieve; and poise: a state of calmness, composure, self-controlled under strain or pressure.
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COMMENTS:
if Bob is a porpoise he would be a porpoise with a purpoise - Jabberwocky, 2007-09-11: 12:24:00
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Tiltymezend
Created by: brimuth
Pronunciation: till - time - zend
Sentence: The spouse perfected tiltymezend-ism after many years of waiting for his wife to make up her mind on which dress to buy whenever they went shopping.
Etymology: Until - the end - of time.
Hypnotimed
Created by: trace45
Pronunciation: hyp·no·tīmd'
Sentence: Jack was hypnotimed from playing video games because he got fired for not showing up at work.
Etymology: hypno + timed
Constipatience
Created by: VersaVice
Pronunciation:
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Etymology: patience + constipation, inspired by the saying "either sh*t, or get off the pot!"
Eternitease
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ee/turn/i/teez
Sentence: It didn't matter how long he had to wait. He was an eternitease so he could wait forever
Etymology: eternity + tease
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COMMENTS:
Another good one! - Scrumpy, 2007-09-11: 13:44:00
But he will finish up in an eterni-box. Handsome word in look and sound. - OZZIEBOB, 2007-09-11: 18:13:00
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