{"id":1600,"date":"2012-12-17T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T17:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2012-12-17T12:02:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T17:02:44","slug":"mistlewoe-why-cant-you-get-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1600","title":{"rendered":"Mistlewoe: Why can&#8217;t you get it up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em>, A Christmas tree, ornament or caroler that, no matter how it is tied, tethered and tilted, refuses to stay upright. <em>v.<\/em>, To be so full of Christmas cheer that you simply sparkle, twinkle and tip over.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/tree.gif\" alt=\"Why can't you get it up?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mistlewoe<\/strong>:  \/<em>mis il wo<\/em>\/ When Ronnie decorates for Christmas, he always hangs up the mistletoe in the hopes that the pretty girls will kiss him under it. Sadly, he has never succeeded,he gets mistlewoe instead, because he hangs it from his belt buckle&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Mistletoe (plant Druids worshipped and at Christmas today, if hung on door frame, the people under it must kiss)&amp; Woe (misery, sadness) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tannenbombed<\/strong>:  \/<em>tah-nuh\u00e2\u20ac\u2030n-bomd<\/em>\/ Jerry could not remember the words to &#8220;Oh Cristmas Tree&#8221; because he was completely tannenbombed. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Tannenbaum (Christmas Tree) + bombed (completely intoxicated; drunk) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Careeling<\/strong>:  \/<em>care-EEL-ing<\/em>\/ It was clear that Virgil was experiencing an over abundance of the bottled kind of Christmas spirits,  as he was careeling about as he trimmed the tree and was noticeably slurring and forgetting words to the Christmas Carols he was trying to sing. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of the words &#8216;Caroling&#8217; (Singing Christmas songs) and &#8216;reeling&#8217; (to sway about in standing or walking, as from dizziness, intoxication, etc.; stagger) and a play on the word &#8216;careening&#8217; (to sway or cause to sway dangerously over to one side) <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=tree\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=tree<\/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 Christmas tree, ornament or caroler that, no matter how it is tied, tethered and tilted, refuses to stay upright. v., To be so full of Christmas cheer that you simply sparkle, twinkle and tip over. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Mistlewoe: \/mis il wo\/ When Ronnie decorates for Christmas, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1600\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mistlewoe: Why can&#8217;t you get it up?<\/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\/1600"}],"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=1600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}