{"id":121,"date":"2007-06-26T23:55:16","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T03:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=121"},"modified":"2007-06-26T23:55:16","modified_gmt":"2007-06-27T03:55:16","slug":"what-are-you-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"What are you talking about?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> An invented word which appears learned, sounds sophisticated, and is completely confusing. <em>v.intr.<\/em> To use invented words in order to confuse others, and\/or create the illusion of erudition.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/erudite.png\" alt=\"What are you talking about?\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><\/font><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Jargonundrum<\/strong>:  \/<em>jar-gaw-nun-drum<\/em>\/ All politicans are experts at the use of jargonundrums to exblight and mispossess the popuelectors. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Jargon + conundrum <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Brainyyak<\/strong>:  \/<em>brainy-yak<\/em>\/ All the brainyyak at the conference was driving me crazy, plus I had a stiff neck from nodding in agreement to all the babble. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  brainy + yak + braniac <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Fauxcabulary<\/strong>:  \/<em>foe-cab-you-lair-ee<\/em>\/ i impressed a lot of people with my fauxcabulary <em>Etymology:<\/em>  faux, vocabulary <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Semanthick<\/strong>:  \/<em>semm ant hick<\/em>\/ his use of semanthicks at every opportunity was nonundiscomfitational. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  semantic, thick <em>Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=erudite\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=erudite<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: n. An invented word which appears learned, sounds sophisticated, and is completely confusing. v.intr. To use invented words in order to confuse others, and\/or create the illusion of erudition. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Jargonundrum: \/jar-gaw-nun-drum\/ All politicans are experts at the use of jargonundrums to exblight and mispossess the popuelectors. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=121\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What are you talking about?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121"}],"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=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}