{"id":1319,"date":"2011-10-13T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2011-10-13T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T16:00:06","slug":"staretle-why-are-you-staring-at-me-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"Staretle: Why are you staring at me like that?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To be woken up by a child or pet who is quietly but intently staring at you from the edge of your bed. <em>n.<\/em> A creepy silent stare that is so intense that it pierces sleep. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/stare.gif\" alt=\"Why are you staring at me like that? \" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Staretle<\/strong>:  \/<em>steyr till<\/em>\/ When Sara&#8217;s enormous Kitty wanted out or fed, he would staretle her until she awoke. Sometimes it took a while for her to catch on and wake up and see to his needs. Eventually, he found a quicker way to wake her up and jump start her into action.  He would just start retching until he horked up a hairball&#8230;that really got her moving! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Stare (a fixed look with eyes open wide)<br \/>\n &amp; Startle (a sudden involuntary movement)<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorcereye<\/strong>:  \/<em>s\u00c3\u00b4rs\u00c9\u2122r\u00c4\u00ab<\/em>\/ Maggie insists her cat Beelzebub practices sorcereye, not just watching her sleep but staring into her dreams looking for a chance to take over her soul. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  sorcery (the use of magic, esp. black magic) + eye (look at or watch closely or with interest) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vortasm<\/strong>:  \/<em><\/em>\/ The cat had me in a crippling vortasm. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Vortex + orgasm <em>Created by:<\/em> youmustvotenato.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=stare\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=stare<\/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 be woken up by a child or pet who is quietly but intently staring at you from the edge of your bed. n. A creepy silent stare that is so intense that it pierces sleep. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Staretle: \/steyr till\/ When Sara&#8217;s enormous Kitty wanted out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1319\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Staretle: Why are you staring at me like that?<\/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\/1319"}],"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=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}