{"id":1259,"date":"2011-07-21T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2011-07-21T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T16:00:06","slug":"plastick-whats-with-this-stupid-pen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1259","title":{"rendered":"Plastick: What’s with this stupid pen?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v.<\/em>, To search for and find a pen to write down an important note, only to discover that the pen does not work. n.<\/em>, A moment in time when the only pens you can find, are pens that do not work.<\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Plastick<\/strong>: \/plastik<\/em>\/ Tommy thought he had a drawer full of pens. When he went to use them he found one plastick after another. He might as well have a fistful of tongue depressors. Etymology:<\/em> plastic (a synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc) + stick (a thin piece of wood that has been trimmed for a particular purpose) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

Birony<\/strong>: \/by ro nee<\/em>\/ The birony was that when Eddie needed a pawn to record a message, he could never find one. Nevermind all his pens were MontBlanc’s, Crosses and other expensive names, none worked properly, not even the uBICuitous free ones he collected! Etymology:<\/em> Biro (a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper)& Irony ( incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs) Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

Peninsulate<\/strong>: \/pen en suh late<\/em>\/ I knew the answer, but I didn’t couldn’t call in to win, because I was peninsulated — all of the pens I found were dead. Etymology:<\/em> pen (ink writing instrument) + insulate (isolate), parallel to peninsula (an isolated spit of land) Created by:<\/em> QuantumMechanic.<\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: v., To search for and find a pen to write down an important note, only to discover that the pen does not work. n., A moment in time when the only pens you can find, are pens that do not work. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Plastick: \/plastik\/ Tommy thought he … Continue reading Plastick: What’s with this stupid pen?<\/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\/1259"}],"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=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}