{"id":1127,"date":"2011-01-27T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2011-01-27T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T17:00:12","slug":"skierdycatatonic-dont-just-stare-at-her-say-hello-introduce-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"Skierdycatatonic: Don&#8217;t just stare at her, say &#8220;Hello&#8221;&#8230; Introduce yourself&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> To be so afraid of failure that you become paralyzed &#8212; unable to move, respond or even say a word.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/stun.gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skierdycatatonic<\/strong>:  \/<em>sk\u00c4\u201c\u00c9\u2122rd\u00c4\u201ckat\u00c9\u2122t\u00c3\u00a4nik<\/em>\/ Tim took his first-ever trip to a ski resort. He was told it would be a great place to meet young women. He was only one step beyond the lift when the pretty instructor smiled at him. He immediately went skierdycatatonic. It took 4 instructors to get him out of his skis and into the lodge. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  ski (travel over snow on skis) + scaredy-cat (a timid person) + catatonic (in an immobile or unresponsive stupor) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Skierdycatatonic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2011-01-25: 10:21:00<\/em> <br \/>brilliant!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Discoblobulated<\/strong>:  \/<em>disk oh blob ewe lay ted<\/em>\/ He was so discoblobulated when the woman of his dreams asked him to dance that he went totally rigid. Well, 98% rigid. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  discombobulated, disco, blob <em>Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flatatonic<\/strong>:  \/<em>flat a ton ik<\/em>\/ When Star Trek geek Jaune Yellowhead pushed his other Star Trek geek friend, Ginger Carrotop, to ask the new girl out, Ginger went into a flatatonic state. The new girl with the magenta hair, Pinky Purple, was so cute that Ginger was speechless. Apparently love is colorblind and the phasers were on stunned that day. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Flat (having lost effervescence;completely or partially deflated)<br \/>\n &amp; Catatonic (a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Partylysis<\/strong>:  \/<em>part-ill-is-is<\/em>\/ Faced with social situations, Kevin was a nervous wreck. As soon as crossed the front door of his mate&#8217;s birthday bash, he went into a rigid state of partylysis. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  party (social celebration, festivities) + paralysis (unmoving state) <em>Created by:<\/em> CharlieB.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=stun\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=stun<\/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: To be so afraid of failure that you become paralyzed &#8212; unable to move, respond or even say a word. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Skierdycatatonic: \/sk\u00c4\u201c\u00c9\u2122rd\u00c4\u201ckat\u00c9\u2122t\u00c3\u00a4nik\/ Tim took his first-ever trip to a ski resort. He was told it would be a great place to meet young women. He was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1127\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Skierdycatatonic: Don&#8217;t just stare at her, say &#8220;Hello&#8221;&#8230; Introduce yourself&#8230;<\/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\/1127"}],"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=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}