{"id":1499,"date":"2012-08-01T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T16:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2012-08-01T12:01:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T16:01:29","slug":"retart-nothing-clever-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1499","title":{"rendered":"Retart: Nothing clever to say?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.<\/em> A clever remark, especially a “comeback line” to an insult, which does not come to mind until it is too late to be delivered; often leads to the gnashing of teeth. v.<\/em> To think of something clever after it’s too late.<\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Retart<\/strong>: \/re tart<\/em>\/ When the Drag Queen sauntered past Drew and asked him what he was looking at, he was dumbstruck. Of course, once he\/she was long gone, his retart finally kicked in and he said, “You’ve got big hands!”. He Drew his own conclusions… Etymology:<\/em> Retard ( be delayed;slow to develop)& Retort (a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
\n Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

Retorture<\/strong>: \/re tort chur<\/em>\/ He knew he thought of a gem with the “jerk store” line but she was gone and he was left with retorture. Etymology:<\/em> Combination of retort and torture Created by:<\/em> Erikv.<\/p>\n

Retrozinger<\/strong>: \/REH-tro-zyng-ir
\n<\/em>\/ Several minutes after being Zapped with a major insult by Miriam, Leonard thought of a great comeback and wished he could go back and whack her with a retrozinger, convinced he would then be a ‘winner’. Etymology:<\/em> Blend of ‘retro’ (prefix meaning ‘backward : back’) and ‘zinger’ (n. something causing or meant to cause interest, surprise, or shock) Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: n. A clever remark, especially a “comeback line” to an insult, which does not come to mind until it is too late to be delivered; often leads to the gnashing of teeth. v. To think of something clever after it’s too late. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Retart: \/re tart\/ When … Continue reading Retart: Nothing clever to say?<\/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\/1499"}],"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=1499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}