{"id":1479,"date":"2012-05-23T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2012-05-23T12:00:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T16:00:42","slug":"cyversation-i-can-word-back-everything-you-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1479","title":{"rendered":"Cyversation: I can word back everything you repeat."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To engage in conversation while using a technical device, like a TV or computer, to keep you sharp, in case the discussion gets dull. <em>n.<\/em> A two-way conversation which is technically one-sided.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/listen.gif\" alt=\"I can word back everything you repeat.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cyversation<\/strong>:  \/<em>sahy-ver-sey-shuhn<\/em>\/ Alex thinks he is expert at multi-tasking. He thinks he can talk to his girlfriend while he is texting friends or updating his Facebook status. Their cyversation works for them. She talks. He acts like he is listening and reacts with grunts and nods. She can do whatever she wants because he &#8220;agreed&#8221;. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  cyber (computer-related) conversation (dialogue, discourse) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mechonversation<\/strong>:  \/<em>mek kon ver say shun<\/em>\/ Gary always conducted a mechonversation with his wife&#8230;that way he could multitask and play some useful game while she nagged him about the time he wasted. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Mechanized (the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware) &amp; Conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.) <\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preconverse<\/strong>:  \/<em>pre-con-vers<\/em>\/ &#8220;Rachel, do you want me to preconverse this to you?  I remember every word. I&#8217;ll even add some beat.&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>   <em>Created by:<\/em> Koekbroer.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=listen\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=listen<\/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: v. To engage in conversation while using a technical device, like a TV or computer, to keep you sharp, in case the discussion gets dull. n. A two-way conversation which is technically one-sided. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Cyversation: \/sahy-ver-sey-shuhn\/ Alex thinks he is expert at multi-tasking. He thinks he can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1479\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cyversation: I can word back everything you repeat.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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\/1479"}],"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=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}