{"id":1430,"date":"2012-03-16T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2012-03-16T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T16:00:05","slug":"litterature-look-daddy-a-pink-and-yellow-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1430","title":{"rendered":"Litterature: Look Daddy! A pink and yellow one!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> The colorful array of plastic bags and other debris which blossom on the trees, thanks winter&#8217;s whistling winds &#8212; and a few careless neighbors. <em>v.<\/em> To watch your garbage caress the landscape, as it blows in the wind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/blossoms.gif\" alt=\"Look Daddy! A pink and yellow one!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Litterature<\/strong>:  \/<em>lit ter a chur<\/em>\/ The wayward plastic blooms clinging to the bare trees were a form of visual litterature for Kathy.  She found the essay in messy,the use in refuse, the rash in trash and the bag in garbage. Waste not, want not became her battle cry. She would use the pen in aspen to describe her strew love&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Litter (garbage,refuse) &amp; Literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value;a picture painted with words) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Litterbuds<\/strong>:  \/<em>lit-er-budz<\/em>\/ Spring is just about here. As people get outside for extended times they are greeted by the array of litterbuds festooning the trees. The local budwatchers club is out dutifully cataloging the varied species and genus. So far they&#8217;ve logged numerous grocery bags, a couple burger wrappers and a rare self-stick Christmas package bow.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  litter (objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish) + buds (a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage or rudimentary inflorescence) Play on litterbug <em>Created by:<\/em> artr2.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=blossoms\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=blossoms<\/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. The colorful array of plastic bags and other debris which blossom on the trees, thanks winter&#8217;s whistling winds &#8212; and a few careless neighbors. v. To watch your garbage caress the landscape, as it blows in the wind. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Litterature: \/lit ter a chur\/ The wayward &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1430\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Litterature: Look Daddy! A pink and yellow one!<\/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\/1430"}],"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=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}