{"id":1307,"date":"2011-09-28T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2011-09-28T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T16:00:07","slug":"counterfeet-would-you-like-to-try-my-new-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1307","title":{"rendered":"Counterfeet: Would you like to try my new ride?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v. <\/em> To purchase a low-cost product and cover it with the label, or put it inside the packaging of a premium brand. <em>n.<\/em> A cheap product, which has been repackaged, or relabeled, by the consumer to make it look like an expensive brand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/ride.gif\" alt=\"Would you like to try my new ride?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Counterfeet<\/strong>:  \/<em>kount\u00c9\u2122rf\u00c4\u201ct<\/em>\/ John went to the flea market looking for a bargain. He found one vendor selling sports shoes at extremely low prices compared to retail stores. A minor inspection exposed them to be counterfeet. Air Jordons for $20? Another tip-off might have been the Nike \u00e2\u20ac\u009dswoosh\u00e2\u20ac\u009d being applied with spray paint. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  counterfeit (made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud) + feet (plural form of foot) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fauxberge<\/strong>:  \/<em>fo ber jay<\/em>\/ Nelly was so proud of her Easter Egg collection that she displayed in a cabinet, to the wonderment of visitors. She described each one&#8217;s Provenance.  Each one was made by Faberge as gifts for the last Czars of Russia and she had a story for each one. Too bad one of her guests knew a lot about the collection and advised her that none were authentic. She was told she had acquired a Fauxberge Collection, becuase the real Faberge would have emptied out the eggs before he decorated them&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Faux (not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article) &amp; Faberge (Carl Faberge, Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920) <\/p>\n<p> <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=ride\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=ride<\/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 purchase a low-cost product and cover it with the label, or put it inside the packaging of a premium brand. n. A cheap product, which has been repackaged, or relabeled, by the consumer to make it look like an expensive brand. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Counterfeet: \/kount\u00c9\u2122rf\u00c4\u201ct\/ John &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1307\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Counterfeet: Would you like to try my new ride?<\/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\/1307"}],"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=1307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}