{"id":1482,"date":"2012-05-28T12:03:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T16:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2012-05-28T12:03:19","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T16:03:19","slug":"hobjective-this-is-going-to-be-the-closest-shave-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"Hobjective: This is going to be the closest shave ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To push yourself so hard to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you undercut your own success. <em>n.<\/em> An impossibly high goal which practically guarantees failure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/shave.gif\" alt=\"This is going to be the closest shave ever!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobjective<\/strong>:  \/<em>hob jek tiv<\/em>\/ Larry&#8217;s goal of the most ultra-smooth shave became his hobjective, when the groom gremlins pushed the razor up and in too fast&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Hob ((folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings) &amp; Objective (the goal intended to be attained) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Hobjective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Koekbroer\">Koekbroer<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2012-05-26: 02:21:00<\/em> <br \/>really?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Prepostexert<\/strong>:  \/<em>pre-POHST-igs-ERT<\/em>\/ Barry&#8217;s wife finally pushed him to prepostexert his shaving, by making him use the household craft knife to remove his infuriating stubble. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  PREPOSTEROUS &amp; EXERT. (To be insensibly impossible &amp; to strive, toil, or struggle for something) <em>Created by:<\/em> Kirubeza.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paragoon<\/strong>:  \/<em>par-uh-goon<\/em>\/ By constantly setting goals that nobody could achieve Andre set himself for a decline from paragon to paragoon. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  paragon (a model or pattern of excellence) + goon (stupid, foolish, or awkward person) <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=shave\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=shave<\/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 push yourself so hard to reach an impossibly high standard of perfection, that you undercut your own success. n. An impossibly high goal which practically guarantees failure. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Hobjective: \/hob jek tiv\/ Larry&#8217;s goal of the most ultra-smooth shave became his hobjective, when the groom &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1482\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hobjective: This is going to be the closest shave ever!<\/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\/1482"}],"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=1482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}