{"id":127,"date":"2007-07-17T23:21:02","date_gmt":"2007-07-18T03:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2007-07-17T23:21:02","modified_gmt":"2007-07-18T03:21:02","slug":"do-i-look-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Do I look okay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> To require constant reassurance, praise, and &#8212; in emergency situations &#8212; flattery, despite obvious qualifications and\/or expertise.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/jimage400\/reassure2.gif\" alt=\"Do I look okay?\" 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>Confidunce<\/strong>:  \/<em>kon-feh-dunss<\/em>\/ Despite being highly qualified, Sue was a confidunce. She was last heard asking the mailroom clerk if he thought her hair color clashed with her title. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  confidence, dunce <em>Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Adeptxiety<\/strong>:  \/<em>uh-dept-zahy-i-tee<\/em>\/ Her psychiatrist diagnosed her problem as adeptxiety. Some of her friends called her insecute and felt she suffered from insecutity, but with a little flatterchatter her self confidence was back and she was over another bout of adeptxiety. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  adept + anxiety <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Craveworthy<\/strong>:  \/<em>crave-worthy<\/em>\/ Craveworthy Carla, was competent and cute, but suffered from an inferiority complex. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  crave + praiseworthy <em>Created by:<\/em> petaj.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Amigreat<\/strong>:  \/<em>am eye grate<\/em>\/ the amigreat hung in the air constantly adding to the tension <em>Etymology:<\/em>  am i great  <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=reassure2\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=reassure2<\/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 require constant reassurance, praise, and &#8212; in emergency situations &#8212; flattery, despite obvious qualifications and\/or expertise. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Confidunce: \/kon-feh-dunss\/ Despite being highly qualified, Sue was a confidunce. She was last heard asking the mailroom clerk if he thought her hair color clashed with her title. Etymology: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=127\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do I look okay?<\/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\/127"}],"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=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}