{"id":122,"date":"2007-06-26T23:59:29","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T03:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2007-06-26T23:59:29","modified_gmt":"2007-06-27T03:59:29","slug":"thank-goodness-rodney-went-first-now-i-can-enjoy-a-lovely-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"Thank goodness Rodney went first. Now I can enjoy a lovely dinner."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> To generously allow others to precede you in hopes that they will identify, reduce, and perhaps be eliminated by, the potential hazards.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/mouse.png\" alt=\"Thank goodness Rodney went first. Now I can enjoy a lovely dinner.\" 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\"><strong>Shafteryou<\/strong>:  \/<em>sharf-ter-yu<\/em>\/ having persuaded Gordon to take the lead in exploring the long, dark tunnel with the odd noises coming from it, Gerald congratulated himself (from 200 yards behind) on his masterly shafteryou technique. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  shaft + after you <em>Created by:<\/em> chris.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Guineatrick<\/strong>:  \/<em>guinea-trick<\/em>\/ Guineatrickery is not dead! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  guinea pig + trick <em>Created by:<\/em> bjorn.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Protocull<\/strong>:  \/<em>pro-to-cull<\/em>\/ In today&#8217;s competitive office environment it is important to follow the correct protocull (i.e. find some other sucker to tell the boss the bad news) in order to survive. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  protocol for culling <em>Created by:<\/em> wordmeister.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Courtesyde<\/strong>:  \/<em>cur-te-side<\/em>\/ When it comes to difficult situations, I always allow my colleagues to go first. It is a simple courtesyde. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  &#8220;Courtesy&#8221; plus &#8220;cide&#8221; as in death&#8230; <em>Created by:<\/em> jrogan.<\/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=mouse\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=mouse<\/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: To generously allow others to precede you in hopes that they will identify, reduce, and perhaps be eliminated by, the potential hazards. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Shafteryou: \/sharf-ter-yu\/ having persuaded Gordon to take the lead in exploring the long, dark tunnel with the odd noises coming from it, Gerald congratulated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=122\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thank goodness Rodney went first. Now I can enjoy a lovely dinner.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122"}],"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=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}