n. The ability to stay with a project and see it through to completion.

Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy

Firmness of purpose; resolution.

Also:
Sticktuitiveness

Bogus word probably made up by and certainly overused by basketball announcers. It basically means persistance.

The ability and determination to continue doing something despite difficulties. Attributed to either Thomas Edison or Albert McGeachy.

glue-like substance that adheres to whatever it touches.

The ability to withstand the test of time, even to the point of coming back from apparent extinction.