{"id":1671,"date":"2013-03-20T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2013-03-20T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T16:04:00","slug":"utopiaint-look-i-found-a-pretty-flower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1671","title":{"rendered":"Utopiaint: Look I found a pretty flower."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To see joy and beauty where others only see complications, trouble and weeds. <em>n.<\/em> A moment of delight which dissipates as soon as it is shared.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/dandelion.gif\" alt=\"Look I found a pretty flower.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Utopiaint<\/strong>:  \/<em>yew-TOPE-e-aynt<\/em>\/ Finding joy and beauty where most others found only ugliness,  Little Melanie&#8217;s eden was in fact,  a utopiaint. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of &#8216;utopia&#8217; (a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions) and &#8216;ain&#8217;t&#8217; (am not : are not : is not) <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Floptimism<\/strong>:  \/<em>flop tim izm<\/em>\/ Her excitement soon turned to floptimism when Ashley gave her sister Erika a dandelion from the yard, which she had inadvertantly killed. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Flop (disappointment;failure) &amp; Optimisim (a general disposition to expect the best in all things;the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well)<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boophoria<\/strong>:  \/<em>boo-fawr-ee-uh<\/em>\/ Her parents spent a lifetime building her self-esteem, praising her every utterance, every action. It all came crashing down as she opened her mouth on the stage of American Idol. All she wanted was to share her &#8220;wonderful&#8221; talent. Now she is in a state of boophoria. Big frigging thanks Mom &amp; Dad! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  boo (an exclamation of contempt or disapproval) + euphoria (a state of intense happiness and self-confidence) <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=dandelion\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=dandelion<\/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 see joy and beauty where others only see complications, trouble and weeds. n. A moment of delight which dissipates as soon as it is shared. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Utopiaint: \/yew-TOPE-e-aynt\/ Finding joy and beauty where most others found only ugliness, Little Melanie&#8217;s eden was in fact, a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1671\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Utopiaint: Look I found a pretty flower.<\/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\/1671"}],"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=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}