{"id":1588,"date":"2012-11-30T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2012-11-30T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T17:00:52","slug":"galahadabooboo-let-me-hold-the-door-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1588","title":{"rendered":"Galahadabooboo: Let me hold the door for you&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em>, A gallant gesture which does not produce the desired effect because of poor execution. <em>v.<\/em>, To offer a small gesture of assistance, which backfires as you trip over your own kind intentions. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/door.gif\" alt=\"Let me hold the door for you...\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Galahadabooboo<\/strong>:  \/<em>gal-uh-had-uh-BOO-boo<\/em>\/ Once again,  when Forrest made a very gallant attempt to rescue a lady in distress he had yet another galahadabooboo when he was trapped by the revolving door. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of &#8216;Galahad&#8217; (knight and gentleman) and &#8216;boo boo&#8217; (blunder) <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shrivelry<\/strong>:  \/<em>shriv el ree<\/em>\/ When he got caught twice in the revolving door after allowing his date to go through first, Lance A. Lott experienced the agony of shrivelry. Once a knight is enough. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Shrivel (to wither;decrease in size,range or extent) &amp; Chivalry (gallantry,courtesy,medieval principles of knighthood) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallantrip<\/strong>:  \/<em>gal-uh\u00e2\u20ac\u2030n-trip<\/em>\/ Warren sees himself as a knight in shining amour. More often than not he gallantrips if he acts on these loving feelings. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  gallantry (dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior) + trip (to make a slip, error, or mistake) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=door\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=door<\/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: n., A gallant gesture which does not produce the desired effect because of poor execution. v., To offer a small gesture of assistance, which backfires as you trip over your own kind intentions. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Galahadabooboo: \/gal-uh-had-uh-BOO-boo\/ Once again, when Forrest made a very gallant attempt to rescue &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1588\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Galahadabooboo: Let me hold the door for you&#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\/1588"}],"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=1588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}