{"id":1078,"date":"2010-11-23T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2010-11-23T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T17:00:13","slug":"paragone-what-do-mean-youre-canceling-our-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Paragone: What do mean you&#8217;re canceling our date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> Something, or someone, that\/who always seems to break or fall apart, just when you need it\/them the most. <em>v.<\/em> To fall apart just when you need to get it together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/broken.gif\" alt=\"What do mean you're canceling our date\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paragone<\/strong>:  \/<em>par\u00c9\u2122g\u00c3\u00b4n<\/em>\/ Just when they were needed most the aging quarterback\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legendary comeback abilities were paragone. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  paragon (a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality) + gone (no longer present; departed) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mismefunktion<\/strong>:  \/<em>mis me funk shun<\/em>\/ Every time her family had a get together, Velma&#8217;s husband, Harry, would mismefunktion and she&#8217;d end up going alone. One time it was migraines, another he&#8217;d have to work late or another time his gout was too bad. It really came down to 2 things&#8230;he did not like her family and he had a mistress who had a wide screen tv. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Misfunction (fail to function or function improperly); Function (a social event)&amp; Me (Myself) &amp; Funk (a state of nervous depression) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reliabull<\/strong>:  \/<em>ree-lie-ah-bull<\/em>\/ &#8220;Sure, I&#8217;ll be there for you whenever you need me, anytime, anyplace I promise.&#8221; At that, she stealthily slipped out the door.  He knew at this moment he was being fed a hefty dose of reliabull. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  reliable (trustworthy, dependable) + bull (as in bullcrap, lies, nonsense) <em>Created by:<\/em> remistram.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voilater<\/strong>:  \/<em>voi-later<\/em>\/ he again proved to be a voilater by not turning up to take his friend for his(friend&#8217;s) appointment with the dentist.<\/p>\n<p>my cellphone is doing a &#8220;voilater&#8221; again, i have to make a call and i cant find it&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  voila = word used by magicians when they make something disappear..<\/p>\n<p>so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>voilater = who \/ which disappears.. <em>Created by:<\/em> ankur.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=broken\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=broken<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: n. Something, or someone, that\/who always seems to break or fall apart, just when you need it\/them the most. v. To fall apart just when you need to get it together. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Paragone: \/par\u00c9\u2122g\u00c3\u00b4n\/ Just when they were needed most the aging quarterback\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legendary comeback abilities were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1078\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paragone: What do mean you&#8217;re canceling our date<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}