{"id":1165,"date":"2011-03-18T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2011-03-18T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T16:00:09","slug":"elevatorgasm-excuse-me-but-thats-my-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Elevatorgasm: Excuse me, but that&#8217;s my button."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To push a push-button that has just been pushed by someone else because you &#8220;need&#8221; to push it yourself; common at elevators, traffic lights, and family meetings. <em>n.<\/em> A person who &#8220;needs&#8221; to push their own buttons.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/button.gif\" alt=\"Excuse me, but that's my button.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elevatorgasm<\/strong>:  \/<em>el\u00c9\u2122v\u00c4\u0081t\u00c9\u2122rgaz\u00c9\u2122m<\/em>\/ It all started when, as a young girl, her father would allow her to push the button on the elevator at his office. She still gets a charge, an elevatorgasm, when she is able to push her own button.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  elevator (a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels) + orgasm (a climax of sexual excitement) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Elevatorgasm:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=libertybelle\">libertybelle<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2011-03-16: 08:47:00<\/em> <br \/>lolol  cracked me up!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Obpress<\/strong>:  \/<em>ahb-PRes<\/em>\/ Rick became enraged when he thought I was intentionally trying to oppress his need to obpress the buttons in the elevator.  I didn&#8217;t realize that me standing infront of the control panel would send him into such a tizzy.  What made it worse was the twenty-three story ride in the small enclosed elevator  and listening to him rant about how he needs to press the button.  I am not sure whether to be sorry for him or appalled by his childish tantrum.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  obsession + press (a play on the word oppress)= obpress <em>Created by:<\/em> libertybelle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pressdetout<\/strong>:  \/<em>press dee toot<\/em>\/ Irma was a pressdetout when it came to elevators. She had to press the buttons for each and every floor. It slowed down the elevator ride for many and caused people to get angry, but she could not help herself. She&#8217;d even press the button someone else had already lit up. Some people get the elevator, some just get the shaft&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Press (to exert pressure or push on something) &amp; De Tout (Fr: of everything, all) and Wordplay on Prostitute (someone who gets paid to push another&#8217;s buttons, wink, wink, nod, nod) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compushive<\/strong>:  \/<em>kuhm &#8211; push &#8211; iv<\/em>\/ &#8220;Hmmm&#8221; he thought, &#8220;what does that light really mean?  I think I better push it again, yeah just to be sure, why not right, sure&#8230;.buy my underwear at KMart&#8230;&#8221;.  Bob couldn&#8217;t help but yield to his compushive nature once again. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Compulsive &#8211; Push <em>Created by:<\/em> Mrgoodtimes.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=button\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=button<\/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: v. To push a push-button that has just been pushed by someone else because you &#8220;need&#8221; to push it yourself; common at elevators, traffic lights, and family meetings. n. A person who &#8220;needs&#8221; to push their own buttons. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Elevatorgasm: \/el\u00c9\u2122v\u00c4\u0081t\u00c9\u2122rgaz\u00c9\u2122m\/ It all started when, as a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1165\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elevatorgasm: Excuse me, but that&#8217;s my button.<\/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\/1165"}],"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=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}