{"id":1592,"date":"2012-12-06T12:04:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2012-12-06T12:04:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:04:39","slug":"spitangst-that-cake-is-so-dry-its-completely-indigestible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1592","title":{"rendered":"Spitangst: That cake is so dry it&#8217;s completely indigestible!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em>, The fear that your service representative will retaliate after you have complained. <em>v.<\/em>, To be afraid of bad service because you complained about it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/service.gif\" alt=\"That cake is so dry it's completely indigestible!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spitangst<\/strong>:  \/<em>spih-TANG-kst<\/em>\/ Tom felt a bit of spitangst after he had his burger returned to the kitchen. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Spit (ejection of saliva from the mouth) + Angst (a feeling of dread). Origininating from an urban fear that employees preparing food in restaurants might spit on a customer&#8217;s meal if the customer is being particularly demanding or picky. <em>Created by:<\/em> Pancake.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remorsel<\/strong>:  \/<em>re-MORS-el<\/em>\/ When she complained about the serving of cake Angie thought she detected a bit of disdain by the waiter and she experienced a wave of remorsel,  fearing some sort of retaliation when the waiter returned with replacement serving. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of &#8216;remorse&#8217; (regreat) and &#8216;morsel&#8217; (a bit of food) <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reciprocake<\/strong>:  \/<em>ri-sip-ruh-keyk<\/em>\/ After Joyce complained about her entr\u00c3\u00a9e she feared that the dessert she ordered might be a slice of reciprocake. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  reciprocate (to give and receive reciprocally; interchange) + cake (a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regretel<\/strong>:  \/<em>re gret el<\/em>\/ When he followed the breadcrumb trail to the house made of candy in the Enchanted Forest, Hansel complained to the old crone that lived there.He could not find his sister and accused her of holding her there against her will. When he realizes her intent, he is full of regretel and so soon is the old crone&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Regret (remorse;be sorry) &amp; Gretel (Sister in the Grimm fairy tale Hansel &amp; Gretel) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=service\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=service<\/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., The fear that your service representative will retaliate after you have complained. v., To be afraid of bad service because you complained about it. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Spitangst: \/spih-TANG-kst\/ Tom felt a bit of spitangst after he had his burger returned to the kitchen. Etymology: Spit (ejection of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1592\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spitangst: That cake is so dry it&#8217;s completely indigestible!<\/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\/1592"}],"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=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}