{"id":1645,"date":"2013-02-15T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2013-02-15T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T17:00:59","slug":"shoutfit-guess-what-im-giving-you-for-your-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1645","title":{"rendered":"Shoutfit: Guess what I&#8217;m giving you for your birthday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To wear special uniforms and carry around unusual props in order to stimulate social interaction. <em>n.<\/em> A person who compensates for their lack of personality and weak social skills by resorting to props and costumes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/prop.gif\" alt=\"Guess what I'm giving you for your birthday?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shoutfit<\/strong>:  \/<em>shout-fit<\/em>\/ Bruce is rather shy. He has trouble speaking up or stepping forward to get the attention he craves. When he really wants to be noticed he relies on a loud shoutfit to make his point. He might be quiet but his clothing choices can scream. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  shout (to call or cry out loudly and vigorously) + outfit (a set of usually matching or harmonious garments and accessories worn together) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hornament<\/strong>:  \/<em>horn a ment<\/em>\/ With Valentine&#8217;s Day around the corner, Darryl went to great pains to hornament himself in a way that would attract a love interest. His boss, however, did not think the office was the appropriate place for Darryl to advertise his wares in a heart-covered speedo, erotic tee shirt and hat decorated with antlers that read, &#8220;Do I make you horny?&#8221;  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Horn (horny, looking for lust) &amp; Ornament (decoration, adornment, something used to beautify something\/one) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fauxtionutty<\/strong>:  \/<em>foe-shun-NUT-ee<\/em>\/ Willard is an absolute fauxtionutty who will wear anything whether it be bizarre,  too brief,  inappropriate or just downright idiotic to mask what he considers to be his weak points in both personality and physical appearance. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of &#8216;faux&#8217; (false, fake) &#8216;fashion&#8217; (style or mode) and &#8216;nutty&#8217; (dopey,  loony, crazy) <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=prop\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=prop<\/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: v. To wear special uniforms and carry around unusual props in order to stimulate social interaction. n. A person who compensates for their lack of personality and weak social skills by resorting to props and costumes. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Shoutfit: \/shout-fit\/ Bruce is rather shy. He has trouble speaking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1645\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shoutfit: Guess what I&#8217;m giving you for your birthday?<\/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\/1645"}],"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=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}