{"id":1169,"date":"2011-03-24T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2011-03-24T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T16:00:10","slug":"fibrication-yeah-im-in-heaven-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1169","title":{"rendered":"Fibrication: Yeah, I&#8217;m in heaven now."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> A harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls. <em>v.<\/em> To use a little bit a fiction to smooth over the perplexities and complexities of life. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/vonnegut.gif\" alt=\"Yeah, I'm in heaven now.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fibrication<\/strong>:  \/<em>fibr\u00c9\u2122k\u00c4\u0081sh\u00c9\u2122n<\/em>\/ Where did I come from? What happened to fluffy? Does this dress look good on me? What do you think of my artwork? Do you love me? Questions like these can spark fibrication. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  fib (a lie, typically an unimportant one) + fabrication (invent or concoct (something), typically with deceitful intent) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lieability<\/strong>:  \/<em>lye abil itee<\/em>\/ When it came time to complete his staff&#8217;s evaluations, Kurt had to use his lieability skills to soften the blows. He&#8217;d say things like &#8220;Joe is a very reliable worker, when he is here.&#8221; or &#8220;Mary Jane is flexible&#8230;she is equally ill at ease with large groups or a single person.&#8221; or &#8220;Fred&#8217;s long, liquid lunches make the afternoons go quickly and he creates a party mood among his peers for the last hour each workday.&#8221; or &#8220;Roxanne can light up a room, just by leaving it.&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Lie (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth) &amp; Ability (skill;able to achieve something)and Wordplay on Liability (the quality of being something that holds you back)<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dalyinglama<\/strong>:  \/<em>dall-i-ing-lama<\/em>\/ You might think His Holiness would never tell an untruth, but when it comes to sparing someone&#8217;s feelings, he becomes the DalyingLama. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Dalai Lama (Buddhist leader) + lying (not telling the truth) <em>Created by:<\/em> CharlieB.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pliecebo<\/strong>:  \/<em>ply-see-boh<\/em>\/ He was happy to soothe her with a simple pliecebo <em>Etymology:<\/em>  lie, placebo <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=vonnegut\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=vonnegut<\/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 harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls. v. To use a little bit a fiction to smooth over the perplexities and complexities of life. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Fibrication: \/fibr\u00c9\u2122k\u00c4\u0081sh\u00c9\u2122n\/ Where did I come from? What happened to fluffy? Does this dress look good on me? What do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1169\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fibrication: Yeah, I&#8217;m in heaven now.<\/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\/1169"}],"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=1169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}