{"id":1622,"date":"2013-01-17T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2013-01-17T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T17:00:21","slug":"dumbstructions-do-not-use-in-shower-thats-so-dumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"Dumbstructions: Do not use in shower? That’s so dumb!"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.,<\/em> A set of product instructions, or a warning label, which is so obviously self-evident that it should be completely unnecessary. v.,<\/em> To provide unneeded directions, advice and\/or warnings.<\/p>\n

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

Dumbstructions<\/strong>: \/DUM-struc-shun<\/em>\/ Poor girl. Due to her nervousness over her first Thanksgiving dinner, she skipped over the dumbstructions clearly written on the turkey which specifically said, “remove turkey from plastic covering and dispose of the plastic covering in the nearest garbage container. Then insert hand in body of turkey and remove inner bag which contains inner organs before putting turkey in oven…” Etymology:<\/em> A blend of dumb (stupid, not able to figure out the obvious) and instructions (a set of steps or rules one follows) Created by:<\/em> denise.<\/p>\n

Sadvice<\/strong>: \/sad vice<\/em>\/ When self-evident, oxymoron warnings on packaging actually are needed for some dumb people, it is actually sadvice. But then again, why do they put electrical outlets beside showers in bathrooms anyway? Etymology:<\/em> Sad (pathetic,bad,unfortunate) & Advice (a proposal for an appropriate course of action) Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

Duhliterature<\/strong>: \/duh-lit-er-eh-shur<\/em>\/ Reading the instructions on her hair dryer warning her not to use it while sleeping or in the shower, and the notation on the package of chips to ‘open package, eat chips’ Wanda was again reminded of all the duhliturature she’d encountered on other similar products. Etymology:<\/em> Blend of ‘duh’ (used derisively to indicate that something just stated is all too obvious or self-evident) and ‘literature’ (any kind of printed material such as labels, circulars, leaflets, or handbills etc) Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n

Dimstruction<\/strong>: \/dim-struhk-shuh\u00e2\u20ac\u2030n<\/em>\/ Many products come with dimstructions, directions that are so obvious or illconceived that most people don’t even bother to read them. Etymology:<\/em> dim (not clear to the mind) + instruction (knowledge or information imparted) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: n., A set of product instructions, or a warning label, which is so obviously self-evident that it should be completely unnecessary. v., To provide unneeded directions, advice and\/or warnings. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Dumbstructions: \/DUM-struc-shun\/ Poor girl. Due to her nervousness over her first Thanksgiving dinner, she skipped over the … Continue reading Dumbstructions: Do not use in shower? That’s so dumb!<\/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\/1622"}],"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=1622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}