{"id":1547,"date":"2012-10-05T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2012-10-05T12:00:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T16:00:37","slug":"gafflexes-i-guess-ill-have-one-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1547","title":{"rendered":"Gafflexes: I guess I&#8217;ll have one more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To make the same mistake over and over again even though you know it&#8217;s stupid. <em>n.<\/em> A compulsively repeated mistake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/refill.gif\" alt=\"I guess I'll have one more...\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gafflexes<\/strong>:  \/<em>ga&#8217; flex iz<\/em>\/ The doctor said his gafflexes were in perfect condition: he always repeated the same mistake at least twice.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Gafflexes n. pl. (gaffe: mistake) + (reflexes: the body&#8217;s automatic responses to stimulus.) <em>Created by:<\/em> hyperborean.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blunderlust<\/strong>:  \/<em>blun der lust<\/em>\/ After one beer, Joey was programmed for blunderlust&#8230;he&#8217;d make the mistake of ordering one after another until he&#8217;d found yonderlust.  His errors were costly, causing him squanderlust. And the next day he felt wonderlust at why his head pounded like thunderlust. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blunder (error, mistake) &amp; Wanderlust (strong or irrestible impulse or urge) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Repetigaffe<\/strong>:  \/<em>reh-PET-eh-gaf<\/em>\/ Being intensely dense,  Leonardo quite frequently would ignore the fact that he&#8217;d made a silly mistake and would repetigaffe again and again. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of &#8216;repetition&#8217; (n. the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) and &#8216;gaffe&#8217; (n. a noticeable mistake) <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redumbdant<\/strong>:  \/<em>re-dum-dent<\/em>\/ I know that eating an entire bag of salt and vinegar chips is going to leave me with a belly ache and a stinging mouth as it&#8217;s done every other time, but I just can&#8217;t help being redumbdant.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  redundant + dumb.  Also &#8211; i love love the drawing &#8211; made me lololol <em>Created by:<\/em> libertybelle.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=refill\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=refill<\/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 make the same mistake over and over again even though you know it&#8217;s stupid. n. A compulsively repeated mistake. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Gafflexes: \/ga&#8217; flex iz\/ The doctor said his gafflexes were in perfect condition: he always repeated the same mistake at least twice. Etymology: Gafflexes n. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1547\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gafflexes: I guess I&#8217;ll have one more&#8230;<\/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\/1547"}],"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=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}