{"id":143,"date":"2007-08-04T00:46:57","date_gmt":"2007-08-04T04:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2007-08-04T00:46:57","modified_gmt":"2007-08-04T04:46:57","slug":"no-he-was-never-that-smart-even-for-a-hamster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"No, he was never that smart, even for a hamster…"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of, one-half of a telephone conversation.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"No,<\/p>\n

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

Overherring<\/strong>: \/oh-vur-hair-ring<\/em>\/ Sue inadvertently threw Bob an overherring when he heard her say to the caller that she “hated him”, not knowing she was referring to her boss. Etymology:<\/em> overhear, red herring Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/font><\/p>\n

Semiphonics<\/strong>: \/sehm-ee-FAHN-ihks<\/em>\/ Alex thought that Semisonic was going on a world tour, but it was only a case of bad semiphonics from his girlfriend’s phone conversation with her linguistics prof. Etymology:<\/em> semi- + phone + logic + semantics. And it sounds like “Semisonic”. \ud83d\ude00 Created by:<\/em> mplsbohemian.<\/font><\/p>\n

Summaringzation<\/strong>: \/Sum-uh-ring-ZAY-shun<\/em>\/ While Stacy chatted with her sister about houseplants and casserole recipes, Zebediah came to the summaringzation that his tuxedo phobia might interfere with what sounded a lot like wedding plans. Etymology:<\/em> Summarize + ring + realization Created by:<\/em> Kyoti.<\/font><\/p>\n

Evesdropping<\/strong>: \/eeevez drop ping<\/em>\/ adam was constantly evesdroping, so eventually his worst nightmare came true and ironically, he thought she was booking a colonic at the time. Etymology:<\/em> eavesdropping, Eve’s dropping. Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/font><\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
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Be Creative,<\/p>\n

James<\/font><\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: A conclusion or an assumption developed after careful listening to, and analysis of, one-half of a telephone conversation. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Overherring: \/oh-vur-hair-ring\/ Sue inadvertently threw Bob an overherring when he heard her say to the caller that she “hated him”, not knowing she was referring to her boss. … Continue reading No, he was never that smart, even for a hamster…<\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143"}],"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=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}