{"id":171,"date":"2007-09-14T08:20:55","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T12:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2007-09-14T08:20:55","modified_gmt":"2007-09-14T12:20:55","slug":"im-sorry-can-you-repeat-that-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"I’m sorry can you repeat that?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> A technological innovation that doesn’t work as expected because “normal people” can’t figure out how to use it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Crapparatus<\/strong>: \/krap-uh-rat-us<\/em>\/ The new toaster was such a piece of crapparatus that we couldn’t even figure out where to put the toast in. Etymology:<\/em> crap + apparatus Created by:<\/em> Scrumpy.<\/font><\/p>\n

Ohnovation<\/strong>: \/oh-noe-vay-shun<\/em>\/ Their last software release was the most ohnovative offering yet: simply chock a block with ohnovations! Please, kill me before any more ohnovating goes on. Etymology:<\/em> Oh no! (as in “Oh no!, That’s not what I frickin’ wanted”, or “Oh. no. you. didn’t.”) + innovation Created by:<\/em> ScrabbledEgg.<\/font><\/p>\n

Technolocheese<\/strong>: \/tek-nall-oh-cheez<\/em>\/ I was sucked in by another infomercial and ended up with a $50 piece of technolocheese. Etymology:<\/em> technology, cheese (as in cheesy, chintzy) Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cryptprogram<\/strong>: \/kript-pro-gram<\/em>\/ The newest version of cardscam was such a crytprogram that even the cards couldn’t understand it Etymology:<\/em> cryptogram (obscure puzzle) + program (as in computer) Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
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Be Creative,<\/p>\n

James<\/font><\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: A technological innovation that doesn’t work as expected because “normal people” can’t figure out how to use it. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Crapparatus: \/krap-uh-rat-us\/ The new toaster was such a piece of crapparatus that we couldn’t even figure out where to put the toast in. Etymology: crap + apparatus Created … Continue reading I’m sorry can you repeat that?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171"}],"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=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}