{"id":158,"date":"2007-08-30T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2007-08-30T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T12:05:11","slug":"i-may-not-have-the-body-of-a-peacock-but-i-got-the-brains-of-a-peacock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"I may not have the body of a peacock, but I got the brains of a peacock."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> An individual who is so self-absorbed and cocksure that they cannot understand why their mating calls, or &#8220;pick-up lines&#8221;, do not generate the desired response.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/birds2.gif\" alt=\"I may not have the body of a peacock, but I got the brains of a peacock.\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Egotesticle<\/strong>:  \/<em>E-go-tes-tick-ul<\/em>\/ Bill had an egotesticle reputation with the ladies. His slicked-back hair, the cloud of Old Spice that trailed behind him, and his two-sizes-too-small pants were made even creepier by his tendency to make eye contact only with your chest. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  egotistical + testicle (inspired by &#8220;cocksure&#8221;) <em>Created by:<\/em> KristinA.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Flirtagonist<\/strong>:  \/<em>flirt-AG-on-ist<\/em>\/ &#8220;Hey, baby, do you know karate, cuz your body is kickin&#8217;,&#8221; Bob said to the cute girl at the bar. He was such a flirtagonist that he was surprised at the girl&#8217;s rude behavior and sudden departure. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Flirt Agonist (derived from &#8216;agony&#8217; or &#8216;antagonist&#8217;) <em>Created by:<\/em> IneffableDawn.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Pickuptardist<\/strong>:  \/<em>Pic-up-tard-ist<\/em>\/ James just can&#8217;t figure out why the women don&#8217;t love his &#8220;smooth&#8221; lines, but he&#8217;s such a pickuptardist <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Pickup-English slang use to hook up with women. Tardist-Popular contraction of retard  <em>Created by:<\/em> Czechxican.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Pompass<\/strong>:  \/<em>pom-pass<\/em>\/ Women labeled that self-absorbed and cocksure individual with his lame pick-up lines, as a pompass. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  pompous + pass + ass <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=birds2\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=birds2<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: An individual who is so self-absorbed and cocksure that they cannot understand why their mating calls, or &#8220;pick-up lines&#8221;, do not generate the desired response. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Egotesticle: \/E-go-tes-tick-ul\/ Bill had an egotesticle reputation with the ladies. His slicked-back hair, the cloud of Old Spice that trailed behind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=158\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I may not have the body of a peacock, but I got the brains of a peacock.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158"}],"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=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}