{"id":1559,"date":"2012-10-23T12:03:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2012-10-23T12:03:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T16:03:03","slug":"regrectacles-wow-she-never-looked-that-good-when-i-was-dating-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1559","title":{"rendered":"Regrectacles: Wow! She never looked that good when I was dating her…"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.<\/em>, A syndrome afflicting the recently separated in which the “ex” (i.e. ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, ex-husband, or even an ex-mother-in-law) appears to be more attractive than ever before. v.<\/em>, To be attracted to your “ex”.<\/p>\n

\"Wow!<\/p>\n

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

Regrectacles<\/strong>: \/ree GREK tuh kuhls<\/em>\/ Harold thought his “ex” looked more beautiful than ever as he watched her through his rose colored regrectacles. Etymology:<\/em> (regret: a sense of longing for someone gone) + (spectacles: eyeglasses Created by:<\/em> hyperborean.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Regrectacles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhyme79<\/a><\/strong>, 2012-10-19: 12:28:00<\/em>
Clever! Drawing on the beer-goggles idea. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Discoveria<\/a><\/strong>, 2012-10-19: 17:00:00<\/em>
Hilarious idea!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Exappeal<\/strong>: \/ex ap peel<\/em>\/ When Ronnie saw his former love Sharon in the arms of the tall, handsome Josh, he felt an overwhelming exappeal for her. As the song goes, “we don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone…” Etymology:<\/em> Ex (former spouse\/mate) & Appeal (attraction;attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates) & WordPlay on Sex Appeal (attractiveness to the opposite\/same sex)<\/p>\n

Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

Amourforment<\/strong>: \/A-Mor-for-ment<\/em>\/ Steve realized his amourforment at the exact moment Raquel’s lips met Raul’s. Etymology:<\/em> Amour: love + former: in the past + -ent: suffix. Created by:<\/em> SethelMerman.<\/p>\n

Vexen<\/strong>: \/veks-en<\/em>\/ Rudy used to take his wife for granted. Now that they are divorced, she is a vexen. Etymology:<\/em> vixen (foxy female) + ex (former) + vex (to irritate; annoy; provoke) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=exy<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: n., A syndrome afflicting the recently separated in which the “ex” (i.e. ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend, ex-husband, or even an ex-mother-in-law) appears to be more attractive than ever before. v., To be attracted to your “ex”. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Regrectacles: \/ree GREK tuh kuhls\/ Harold thought his “ex” looked more beautiful … Continue reading Regrectacles: Wow! She never looked that good when I was dating her…<\/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\/1559"}],"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=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}