{"id":1277,"date":"2011-08-16T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2011-08-16T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T16:00:06","slug":"fauxcus-what-bump-i-dont-see-a-bump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1277","title":{"rendered":"Fauxcus: What bump? I don&#8217;t see a bump."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em>, The withering glare one casts down on a non-existent trip-hazard after stumbling for no apparent reason.  <em>v. tr.<\/em>, To fixate on an imaginary object, or person, in order to externalize the blame for one&#8217;s own shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/bump.gif\" alt=\"What bump? I don't see a bump.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fauxcus<\/strong>:  \/<em>FO-kus<\/em>\/ He fauxcused on Jim as the person responsible for the empty cookie jar. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  faux, focus <em>Created by:<\/em> flyingheadlice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glowerpower<\/strong>:  \/<em>glaow er pow er<\/em>\/ When Sally teetered on way too high shoes, she had more than one occasion to use her glowerpower.  She would stumblegrumble and aimblame when she had a griptrip and almost wiped out. Everything but the killer shoes was a haltfault. Her walkknock should be blamed insteasd on her stylerevile and pridestride. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Glower (to stare;look at with a fixed gaze) &amp; Power (one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority)<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Witherump<\/strong>:  \/<em>wee-thur-ump<\/em>\/ Whenever David tripped up he would witherump the ground, aiming to blame a non existant trip hazard <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Wither &#8211; to stare at with hate.<br \/>\nHump &#8211; small bump <em>Created by:<\/em> CrayonWarrior.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=bump\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=bump<\/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: n., The withering glare one casts down on a non-existent trip-hazard after stumbling for no apparent reason. v. tr., To fixate on an imaginary object, or person, in order to externalize the blame for one&#8217;s own shortcomings. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Fauxcus: \/FO-kus\/ He fauxcused on Jim as the person &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1277\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fauxcus: What bump? I don&#8217;t see a bump.<\/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\/1277"}],"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=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}