{"id":111,"date":"2007-06-17T23:59:14","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T03:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2007-06-18T01:40:53","modified_gmt":"2007-06-18T05:40:53","slug":"the-gossip-around-here-is-awful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=111","title":{"rendered":"The gossip around here is worse than high school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v. tr.<\/em> To complain and complain about a problem without ever taking action to correct it. <em>n.<\/em> A complaint about something which you can fix but choose not to.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/gossip.png\" alt=\"The gossip around here is awful.\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Grouchpotato<\/strong>:  \/<em>grouch-po-ta-toe<\/em>\/ David was a grouchpotato.  He constantly complained but took no action and wound up with &#8220;secretary spread&#8221; on his hips. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  couch potato\/grouch <em>Created by:<\/em> toadstool57.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Whinertia<\/strong>:  \/<em>wine-ER-sha<\/em>\/ Having perfected the fine art of complaining about everything and solving nothing, she could have run for Governor of the state of whinertia &#8212; and won in a landslide. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  whine (and\/or whiner) + inertia <em>Created by:<\/em> Katisms1.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Longwhineded<\/strong>:  \/<em>long-wine-did<\/em>\/ The head trader was so longwhineded that the constant cacophony he created garnered him the distinction of being known as a whine expert. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  long winded (constant) + whine <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Deridleness<\/strong>:  \/<em>di-RAHYD-l-nis<\/em>\/ Gracie&#8217;s incessant deridling was symptomatic of her untenable hypocrisycophancy. She was even heard complaining to the boss about the tissues in her own wastebasket. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  deride + idleness <em>Created by:<\/em> Clayton.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=gossip\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=gossip<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v. tr. To complain and complain about a problem without ever taking action to correct it. n. A complaint about something which you can fix but choose not to. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Grouchpotato: \/grouch-po-ta-toe\/ David was a grouchpotato. He constantly complained but took no action and wound up with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=111\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The gossip around here is worse than high school<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[19,18,17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111"}],"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=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}