{"id":145,"date":"2007-08-06T00:49:06","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T04:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=145"},"modified":"2007-08-06T00:49:06","modified_gmt":"2007-08-06T04:49:06","slug":"yes-i-understand-what-you-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Yes, I understand what you mean."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> To smile politely and nod your head while  listening to someone, even though you don&#8217;t understand a word they&#8217;re saying.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/nod2.gif\" alt=\"Yes, I understand what you mean.\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Bobbleize<\/strong>:  \/<em>bob-bull-eyes<\/em>\/ Maybe crashing the party wasn&#8217;t such a good idea afterall. Turns out, it was an awards gala for Slovokian rocket scientists. However, she decided the open bar was worth a little bobbleizing with the guests. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  To smile and nod, resembling a bobblehead. <em>Created by:<\/em> KristinA.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Huhgree<\/strong>:  \/<em>ha-gree<\/em>\/ as the conversation turned to the migration habits of horn-tailed marsupials, i realised i would have to huhgree. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  huh?, agree <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Comprefakehend<\/strong>:  \/<em>kom-pra-fayk-hend<\/em>\/ When he noticed that her eyes were starting to cross, her face glazing over almost in a trance-like state, he realized she was comprefakehending again. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  comprehend + fake <em>Created by:<\/em> remistram.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Glimmernod<\/strong>:  \/<em>glim-MER-nod<\/em>\/ Roxie had not the slightest idea what Bob, a boldrumptious brainwright, was talking about. But she listened, smiling politely from time to time, through what seemed an eternity of this techobane&#8217;s torture, giving a glimmernod every few minutes. <em>Etymology:<\/em> &#8220;Glimmer&#8221;: 1. a slight suggestion or vague understanding. 2. a gleam or shining (like a smile); &#8220;nod&#8221;: the act of nodding the head as a sign of approval, agreement, confirmation.. <em>Created by:<\/em> OZZIEBOB.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=nod2\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=nod2<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: To smile politely and nod your head while listening to someone, even though you don&#8217;t understand a word they&#8217;re saying. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Bobbleize: \/bob-bull-eyes\/ Maybe crashing the party wasn&#8217;t such a good idea afterall. Turns out, it was an awards gala for Slovokian rocket scientists. However, she decided &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=145\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yes, I understand what you mean.<\/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\/145"}],"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=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}