{"id":1280,"date":"2011-08-22T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2011-08-22T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T16:00:06","slug":"smugstruggle-see-see-i-was-right-wasnt-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1280","title":{"rendered":"Smugstruggle: See! See! I was right, wasn&#8217;t I!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.,<\/em> The immense sense of self-satisfaction the one gets from winning a pointless argument.  <em>v.,<\/em> To be so addicted to proving yourself right that you argue compulsively, and endlessly,  about anything and everything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/point.gif\" alt=\"See! See! I was right, wasn't I!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Smugstruggle<\/strong>:  \/<em>smug strug gill<\/em>\/ Nigel was always up for a smugstruggle. He was competitive to the point of nauseum. He&#8217;d cheat, connive and find a way to always win the argument and then rub everyone&#8217;s nose in it. To prove himself right about dangerous butterknives, he cut off his finger with it. Many wished he had severed his tongue instead! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Smug (marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction) &amp; Struggle (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight)<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pathofutiloser<\/strong>:  \/<em>pa\u00ce\u00b8\u00c9\u2122fyo\u00c5\u008dtlo\u00c5\u008dz\u00c9\u2122r<\/em>\/ Patrick is such a pathofutiloser that he would argue with the squirrels in the park just to feel that he had won something. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  pathological (compulsive; obsessive) + futile (pointless) + loser (a person who fails frequently) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=point\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=point<\/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 immense sense of self-satisfaction the one gets from winning a pointless argument. v., To be so addicted to proving yourself right that you argue compulsively, and endlessly, about anything and everything. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Smugstruggle: \/smug strug gill\/ Nigel was always up for a smugstruggle. He was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1280\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smugstruggle: See! See! I was right, wasn&#8217;t I!<\/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\/1280"}],"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=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}