{"id":1288,"date":"2011-09-01T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2011-09-01T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T16:00:06","slug":"jesture-so-team-what-do-you-think-of-my-new-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1288","title":{"rendered":"Jesture: So team, what do you think of my new idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.,<\/em> An expressive gesture made with the belief that the person it is directed at cannot see it, typically occurs during telephone conversations, email discourses, and behind people’s backs. v.<\/em> To use an unseen gesture to express what you cannot say.<\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesture<\/strong>: \/jest chur<\/em>\/ When their Boss came up with one of his lame-brain ideas on a conference call, his loyal staff were each doing a rendition of a jesture. They thought he was dumb, until he replayed the camera phone shots he had of each them for their annual reviews…way to not get raises, duh! Etymology:<\/em> Jest (activity characterized by good humor;act in a funny or teasing way)& Gesture(the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)
\n Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Jesture:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biscotti<\/a><\/strong>, 2011-08-30: 08:11:00<\/em>
Awesome, love it!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hidicruel<\/strong>: \/hidikro\u00c5\u008d\u00c9\u2122l<\/em>\/ Jerry \u00e2\u20ac\u009daccidently\u00e2\u20ac\u009d disabled the video aspect of the weekly conference call with the home office so that he could hidicruel whatever new directive was to be delivered. As he openly mocked his bosses, his co-workers were hard pressed to contain their laughter. Etymology:<\/em> hidden (kept out of sight; concealed) + ridicule (the subjection of someone or something to mockery and derision) + cruel (causing pain or suffering) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

Bactions<\/strong>: \/back shuns<\/em>\/ The team didn’t realize their video conference with the company’s CEO was two-way, and proceeded to perform many bactions towards him. He pretended to not see them and the next day all their desks had been moved to janitors closets. Etymology:<\/em> back (behind you) + actions (movements or gestures) Created by:<\/em> Biscotti.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Bactions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2011-08-30: 08:33:00<\/em>
good one…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=gesture<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
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DEFINITION: n., An expressive gesture made with the belief that the person it is directed at cannot see it, typically occurs during telephone conversations, email discourses, and behind people’s backs. v. To use an unseen gesture to express what you cannot say. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Jesture: \/jest chur\/ When their … Continue reading Jesture: So team, what do you think of my new idea?<\/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\/1288"}],"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=1288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}