{"id":147,"date":"2007-08-10T00:51:44","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T04:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2007-08-18T00:58:32","modified_gmt":"2007-08-18T04:58:32","slug":"if-this-snow-flea-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"If this snow flea dies&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> An individual, or an organization, which profits by selling fear of imminent global destruction and\/or eternal damnation.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/flea2.gif\" alt=\"If this snow flea dies...\" 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>Terramageddonist<\/strong>:  \/<em>tear-uh-muh-ged-un-ist<\/em>\/ We have stopped inviting Cathy to the beach with us. Her terramageddonist reminders of how the beach sand which sticks to our feet increases erosion and leads to the extinction of all sea turtles, is too much for us to bear. <em>Etymology:<\/em> terra (Earth) + armegeddon (end of Earth) + ist (pertaining to a person\/organization); also, the tie with &#8220;terror&#8221; and &#8220;terrorist&#8221; <em>Created by:<\/em> KristinA.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Greenfleece<\/strong>:  \/<em>GREEN-fleece<\/em>\/ Although Harriet had submitted her application 18 months ago, along with the $495 membership fee, she suddenly began to realize that she may not have been selected as an elite member of Greenfleece. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Green (money) + Greenpeace + fleece (rip off) <em>Created by:<\/em> Kyoti.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Jackpotcalypse<\/strong>:  \/<em>jak-pot-cah-lips<\/em>\/ after a strong opening weekend at the cinemas, Al Gore knew he had hit the jackpotcalypse <em>Etymology:<\/em>  jackpot, apocalypse <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Propheteers<\/strong>:  \/<em>prau-fet-ears<\/em>\/ Cal hoped that his &#8216;Save the Cumquat&#8217; campaign would establish his career among   his fellow propheteers.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  prophet + profiteers <em>Created by:<\/em> marnee4nothin.<\/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=flea2\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=flea2<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">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: An individual, or an organization, which profits by selling fear of imminent global destruction and\/or eternal damnation. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Terramageddonist: \/tear-uh-muh-ged-un-ist\/ We have stopped inviting Cathy to the beach with us. Her terramageddonist reminders of how the beach sand which sticks to our feet increases erosion and leads &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=147\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">If this snow flea dies&#8230;<\/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\/147"}],"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=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}