{"id":103,"date":"2007-06-15T12:54:26","date_gmt":"2007-06-15T16:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=103"},"modified":"2007-06-15T14:08:25","modified_gmt":"2007-06-15T18:08:25","slug":"verbotoweek-few-votes-separate-top-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Verbotoweek: Top Four Battle for Supreme Verbosity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was the closest race ever with just a few votes separating the top four finishers. Voters took my advice and spread their votes to many of the creative words and I found this the toughest week to be inventive and creative with the quite varied and different definitions.<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a> Score: 112<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=petaj\">petaj<\/a> Score: 111<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Stevenson0\">Stevenson0<\/a> Score: 107<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\">purpleartichokes<\/a> Score: 107<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all! See the final results here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomists.php?week=2007-06-04\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomists.php?week=2007-06-04<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday &#8211; Useless Gadgets<\/strong><br \/>\n1. gizmotional<br \/>\n2. gizbo<br \/>\n3. yabadabadoodad<br \/>\n4. gearoused<br \/>\n5. whizzbangst<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday &#8211; Self Image Retouching Picture Disorder<\/strong><br \/>\n1. phonyshopped<br \/>\n2. retouchiness<br \/>\n3. opticaldelusion<br \/>\n4. fauxtorexia<br \/>\n5. pixosis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday &#8211; Pulling a Band-Aid off Hairy Skin<\/strong><br \/>\n1. trichotrauma<br \/>\n2. depilatorture<br \/>\n3. hurtsute<br \/>\n4. tearture<br \/>\n5. hairrowing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday &#8211; Compulsive Repeated Mistake<\/strong><br \/>\n1. stuplication<br \/>\n2. recidiotism<br \/>\n3. errerrerr<br \/>\n4. dohpeat<br \/>\n5. neuerrotic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday &#8211; Pet Language<\/strong><br \/>\n1. petois<br \/>\n2. furnacular<br \/>\n3. bingolingo<br \/>\n4. petsperanto<br \/>\n5. furble<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Ten Verboticisms of the Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.<a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7666&amp;definition_id=186\"> Petois<\/a> Created by: petaj<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7689&amp;definition_id=186\">Furnacular<\/a> Created by: ziggy41<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7639&amp;definition_id=184\">Recidiotism<\/a> Created by: serendipity9000<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7548&amp;definition_id=182\">Gizmotional<\/a> Created by: purpleartichokes<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7606&amp;definition_id=183\">Trichotrauma<\/a> Created by: petaj<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7667&amp;definition_id=186\">Bingolingo<\/a> Created by: Jabberwocky<br \/>\n7. <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7587&amp;definition_id=185\">Phonyshopped<\/a> Created by: hennifer<br \/>\n8. <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7661&amp;definition_id=186\">Petsperanto<\/a> Created by: Clayton<br \/>\n9. <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7551&amp;definition_id=182\">Yabadabadoodad<\/a> Created by: Jabberwocky<br \/>\n10. <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7555&amp;definition_id=182\">Gizbo<\/a> Created by: Stevenson0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five Words That We Should Have Voted For, But Didn&#8217;t!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You should of, would of, could of voted for these!!!<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7556&amp;definition_id=182\">Technocrave<\/a> Created by: pguse<br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7582&amp;definition_id=185\">Cosmoshopism<\/a> Created by: livejuicy<br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7672&amp;definition_id=183\">Bandache<\/a> Created by: docholiday<br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7655&amp;definition_id=184\">Errennial<\/a> Created by: Trystera<br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbottle.php?jargonism_id=7685&amp;definition_id=186\">Poochinese <\/a>Created by: Osomatic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verbantering<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Doolittalian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Created by: <a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=rikboyee\">rikboyee<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pronunciation:<\/strong> doo-lit-al-yun<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentence:<\/strong> ever since i became fluent in doolittalian, my dog and i have been much better at working through our issues<\/p>\n<p><strong>Etymology:<\/strong> dr doolittle, italian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Points:<\/strong> 14<\/p>\n<p><strong> Comments: Doolittalian<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\"><strong>galwaywegian<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 04:29:00<\/em><br \/>\nbada bingo!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\"><strong>purpleartichokes<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 06:47:00<\/em><br \/>\nMakes me yearn for spughetti!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=jadenguy\"><strong>jadenguy<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 09:43:00<\/em><br \/>\noh noes, now i&#8217;m thinking about the episode of futurama where fry finds his old dog.  that episode made me cry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\"><strong>Jabberwocky<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 10:22:00<\/em><br \/>\nmmm spughetti with a starter course of clam chowchowder and a fresh salad with collieflower<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\"><strong>purpleartichokes<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 11:17:00<\/em><br \/>\nAnd Yorkshire pudding for dessert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\"><strong>Jabberwocky<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 11:38:00<\/em><br \/>\nperhaps a beagle with cream cheese or a cinnamon great daneish<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\"><strong>purpleartichokes<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 12:22:00<\/em><br \/>\nHamster and cheese?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\"><strong>Jabberwocky<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 12:49:00<\/em><br \/>\nor german shepherd&#8217;s pie with a dachshund of catsup<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=ErWenn\"><strong>ErWenn<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 14:09:00<\/em><br \/>\nOr some poodles in marinara sauce&#8230;or a parrot cake&#8230;or some chicken cat-chiatore&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=ErWenn\"><strong>ErWenn<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 14:10:00<\/em><br \/>\nI was going to get into more obscure pets, but I started running into the problem that people are about as likely to eat some animals as they are to keep them as pets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\"><strong>purpleartichokes<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 14:21:00<\/em><br \/>\nLike hushpuppies?  Geez Rik, we&#8217;re really crapping up your place here, aren&#8217;t we?  Hope you haven&#8217;t become petulant!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\"><strong>Jabberwocky<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 14:33:00<\/em><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think rikboyee is that petty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\"><strong>purpleartichokes<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 15:23:00<\/em><br \/>\nWoohoo! Quittin&#8217; time.  Headin&#8217; home for a verbeer and a hot dog!  Have a great weekend all!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\"><strong>Jabberwocky<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 15:43:00<\/em><br \/>\nmake sure you have catsup and mouseturd with your hot dog purple<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\"><strong>purpleartichokes<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 18:55:00<\/em><br \/>\ni hate you jabber.  heading over the cabin tomorrow, and there&#8217;s still a mouse in there. yum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=petaj\"><strong>petaj<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 22:13:00<\/em><br \/>\nThese puns are terrierbly funny.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=ErWenn\"><strong>ErWenn<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-08: 23:50:00<\/em><br \/>\nWell, they&#8217;re pretty terrible, so I&#8217;ll half agree with petaj.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=jadenguy\"><strong>jadenguy<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-09: 00:32:00<\/em><br \/>\nI guess puns just aren&#8217;t your teacup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=rikboyee\"><strong>rikboyee<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>2007-06-09: 09:55:00<\/em><br \/>\nwow&#8230;.if only comments were votes&#8230;.i&#8217;d be best in show<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Your Wumbling Observer,<br \/>\n<em> Weeklink<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was the closest race ever with just a few votes separating the top four finishers. Voters took my advice and spread their votes to many of the creative words and I found this the toughest week to be inventive and creative with the quite varied and different definitions. 1. Jabberwocky Score: 112 2. petaj &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=103\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Verbotoweek: Top Four Battle for Supreme Verbosity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}