{"id":1130,"date":"2011-02-01T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2011-02-01T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T17:00:12","slug":"spectatorate-i-coughed-up-50-for-this-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1130","title":{"rendered":"Spectatorate: I coughed up $50 for this concert!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> The slow but steady rise of murmurs, coughs or harrumphs in audience. May indicate dissatisfaction, or the presence of a lethally infectious virus. <em>v.<\/em> To clear one&#8217;s throat<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/cough.gif\" alt=\"I coughed up $50 for this concert!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spectatorate<\/strong>:  \/<em>spek tay tor ayt<\/em>\/ The rate of spectatorate rises proportionately to the length and boredom with a production, sports event or movie. It is only surpassed by the exitspectatorate of patrons to the washrooms or snack bars. The former taking 45 minutes and the latter costing about $24 a pop. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Spectator (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as a performance or an exhibition of some kind)  &amp; Expectorate (clear out the chest and lungs;discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)<\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cacoughony<\/strong>:  \/<em>k\u00c9\u2122k\u00c3\u00b4f\u00c9\u2122n\u00c4\u201c<\/em>\/ It started with a sniffle in the lobby. It soon swept over the entire audience and most of the cast. The cacoughony brought the production to a halt.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds) + cough (expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Cacoughony:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=CharlieB\">CharlieB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2011-01-28: 05:05:00<\/em> <br \/>Excellent!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Recitachoo<\/strong>:  \/<em>ress-it-choo<\/em>\/ As the conductor raised his baton before the next movement, a low rumble of recitachooing from the fourth row disturbed the expectant silence. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  recital (musical movement) + achoo (sneeze) <em>Created by:<\/em> CharlieB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coughmment<\/strong>:  \/<em>-k\u00c9\u2019fment-<\/em>\/ She&#8217;s been all day doing coughmments about my hair cut. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Cough (expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound) + Comment (Remark expressing an opinion or reaction) <em>Created by:<\/em> pedrofpardo.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=cough\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=cough<\/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. The slow but steady rise of murmurs, coughs or harrumphs in audience. May indicate dissatisfaction, or the presence of a lethally infectious virus. v. To clear one&#8217;s throat VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Spectatorate: \/spek tay tor ayt\/ The rate of spectatorate rises proportionately to the length and boredom with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1130\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spectatorate: I coughed up $50 for this concert!<\/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\/1130"}],"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=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}