{"id":126,"date":"2007-07-15T23:07:01","date_gmt":"2007-07-16T03:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2007-07-15T23:07:01","modified_gmt":"2007-07-16T03:07:01","slug":"mommy-is-daddy-playing-dead-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> To be physically overcome by a sudden illness, disability, or even death when asked to participate in unrewarding activities &#8212; like work, or household chores.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/jimage400\/work2.gif\" alt=\"Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/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>Skillduggery<\/strong>:  \/<em>skill-dug-ury<\/em>\/ Whenever a chore required his attention Bob took advantage of the masterful art of skillduggery. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  skullduggery (Crafty deception or trickery) + skill (as in pretending he doesn&#8217;t have any) <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Vigourmortis<\/strong>:  \/<em>vig-er-mor-tiss<\/em>\/ when ever it was suggested that he go out and mow the lawn he went  into a state of vigourmortis <em>Etymology:<\/em>  vigour, rigor mortis <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Workolepsy<\/strong>:  \/<em>work-o-lep-sy <\/em>\/ When things need to be done you can count on his workolepsy disorder to kick in. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  work + narcolepsy <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Malaisy<\/strong>:  \/<em>ma lay zee<\/em>\/ Dad always said he had a bad case of the malaisy. His tincture was 1182 ccs of Olde English, coupled with an extra large bag of Funyuns and four hours of game shows. It wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t often that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d make his stalignant restitis the focus of his day, though. He run to the restroom quite often. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  malignant + malaise + lazy <em>Created by:<\/em> jadenguy.<\/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=work2\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=work2<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">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 be physically overcome by a sudden illness, disability, or even death when asked to participate in unrewarding activities &#8212; like work, or household chores. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Skillduggery: \/skill-dug-ury\/ Whenever a chore required his attention Bob took advantage of the masterful art of skillduggery. Etymology: skullduggery (Crafty deception &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=126\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mommy, is Daddy playing dead again?<\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126"}],"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=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}