{"id":1410,"date":"2012-02-14T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2012-02-14T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T17:00:07","slug":"stalkmarket-check-your-lipstick-madge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1410","title":{"rendered":"Stalkmarket: Check your lipstick Madge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> A person who habitually looks for love in the all the wrong places and wonders why it always turns out wrong.  <em>v.<\/em> To look for love in the wrong places.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/beef.gif\" alt=\"Check your lipstick Madge\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stalkmarket<\/strong>:  \/<em>stok mar ket<\/em>\/ When Bessie and Clarabelle were looking for dates, they went to the local stalkmarket. It never worked as their chosen dates turned it into a night of whine and roses. Where could they find love that would allow them to live happily heifer after? <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Stalk (the act of following prey stealthily) &amp; Stock Market(an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers) &amp; Meat Market(not just an actual shop for selling meat, but slang for a bar where people pick up each other) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proflidate<\/strong>:  \/<em>Proff-lee-date<\/em>\/ Dave will never find love while he continues to be proflidate.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon realized that proflidating was getting her nowhere. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  From dating (To go on a date or dates with) and profligate (adj. unrestrained by convention or morality; &#8220;Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society&#8221;; &#8220;deplorably dissipated and degraded&#8221;; &#8220;riotous living&#8221;; &#8220;fast women&#8221;) AND (noun. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently or a wasteful person) <em>Created by:<\/em> Negatrev.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Missguided<\/strong>:  \/<em>mis-gahy-did<\/em>\/ Harry&#8217;s search for amour is often missguided. He thought he had discovered a gold mine when he came across a neighborhood bar called the Velvet Boot that was frequented primarily by females. His flirtation always seems to be with Miss IDon&#8217;tThinkSo. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  miss (to fail to encounter, meet, catch) + Miss (a title of respect prefixed to the name of a unmarried woman) misguided (misled; mistaken) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Concupid<\/strong>:  \/<em>Con cue pid<\/em>\/ Rick was concupid looking for love in the pharmacy. Marta said, &#8220;Suzy is so concupid.&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Con=Anti; Against<br \/>\nCupid= A symbol of love<br \/>\nTherefor; Against a symbol of love <em>Created by:<\/em> spotter.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=beef\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=beef<\/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. A person who habitually looks for love in the all the wrong places and wonders why it always turns out wrong. v. To look for love in the wrong places. 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