{"id":1124,"date":"2011-01-24T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2011-01-24T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T17:00:13","slug":"apparellent-youre-wearing-that-to-the-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1124","title":{"rendered":"Apparellent: You&#8217;re wearing that to the dance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> A fashion accessory, or an approach to personal hygiene, which is designed, not to attract others, but rather to repel them. <em>v.<\/em> To dress for protection. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/repel.gif\" alt=\"You're wearing that to the dance?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apparellent<\/strong>:  \/<em>a-par-el-ent<\/em>\/ Marsha the barmaid was tired of getting hit on by drunken old fools, so she rejected her usual low cut top in favour of the most apparellent outfit she could think of. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  apparel (attire, dress) + repellent (distasteful) <em>Created by:<\/em> CharlieB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uglevis<\/strong>:  \/<em>\u00c9\u2122gl\u00c4\u201cv\u00c4\u00abz<\/em>\/ There are times when Joyce just isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t interested in attracting the guys. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when she dons her ugLevis. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  ugly (unpleasant or repulsive, esp. in appearance) + Levi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (brand of denim pants) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bloatcouture<\/strong>:  \/<em>blote koot yoor<\/em>\/ When Gail saw what Maisie was wearing to the dance club, she was horrified.  Maisie wore a blue coverall dress that added 30 pounds to her frame, particularily at the waist. She matched it with a pink top, green knee socks, those red chunky plastic crocs and a scowl. She told Gail it was her bloatcouture, designed to repel the guys that might hit on her, by making them think she was fat or pregnant.  It worked! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Bloat (become bloated or swollen or puff up) &amp; Couture(high fashion designing and dressmaking) &amp; Wordplay on Haute Couture (trend-setting fashions) <\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ohra<\/strong>:  \/<em>oh rah<\/em>\/ She had an unusual ohra, sometimes more a Beeohra, other days an ohohra. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  aura oh <em>Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=repel\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=repel<\/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. A fashion accessory, or an approach to personal hygiene, which is designed, not to attract others, but rather to repel them. v. To dress for protection. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Apparellent: \/a-par-el-ent\/ Marsha the barmaid was tired of getting hit on by drunken old fools, so she rejected her &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apparellent: You&#8217;re wearing that to the dance?<\/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\/1124"}],"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=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}