{"id":1263,"date":"2011-07-26T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2011-07-26T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T16:00:06","slug":"phonar-listen-for-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1263","title":{"rendered":"Phonar: Listen for the ring!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em>, To call your cellphone when you have misplaced it, hoping that it will ring so that you can locate it.  <em>n.<\/em>, The sound of a lost cellphone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/ring.gif\" alt=\"Listen for the ring!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phonar<\/strong>:  \/<em>f\u00c5\u008dn\u00c3\u00a4r<\/em>\/ Rudy can usually find his celly by re-tracing his movements. When that fails he resorts to using phonar, calling his cell with his land line assuming he hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t misplaced the that handset.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  phone (a system that converts acoustic vibrations to electrical signals in order to transmit sound, typically voices, over a distance using wire or radio) + sonar (the method of echolocation used in air or water by animals such as whales and bats) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wringtone<\/strong>:  \/<em>ring tone<\/em>\/ When he misplaced his cellphone in his messy bedroom, George was fret with worry. His ringtone was a wringtone<br \/>\nuntil he could trace it&#8217;s location by calling his cell with his landline. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Wring (to twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish, one&#8217;s hands in frustration or worry) &amp; Tone (sound;pitch) and Wordplay on Ringtone(the distinctive noise your cellphone makes when you get a call) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=ring\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=ring<\/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: v., To call your cellphone when you have misplaced it, hoping that it will ring so that you can locate it. n., The sound of a lost cellphone. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Phonar: \/f\u00c5\u008dn\u00c3\u00a4r\/ Rudy can usually find his celly by re-tracing his movements. When that fails he resorts to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1263\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phonar: Listen for the ring!<\/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\/1263"}],"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=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}