{"id":1745,"date":"2013-07-08T12:04:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T16:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2013-07-08T12:04:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T16:04:47","slug":"skimprovise-my-nose-hairs-are-scary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1745","title":{"rendered":"Skimprovise: My nose hairs are scary!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> A tool which has been re-purposed and is now being used (perhaps unsafely) to perform a completely different function. <em>v.<\/em> To use a tool for a different purpose than for which it was originally designed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/trim.gif\" alt=\"My nose hairs are scary!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skimprovise<\/strong>:  \/<em> SKIM-pro-vyz<\/em>\/  Even at risk of life and limb in using tools and devices dangerously to save a few pennies, Maribel would often skimprovise, sometimes even endangering those around her.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of &#8216;skimp&#8217; (To provide for or supply inadequately; be stingy with) and &#8216;improvise&#8217; (to make, provide, or arrange from whatever materials are readily available) <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limplement<\/strong>:  \/<em>lim ple ment<\/em>\/ Eileen was attemting to use her recycled saw to trim her nose hairs.  Unfortunately, it slipped and severed her leg, making it a limplement.  She now spells her name I-Lean&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Limb (arm or leg or tree branch) &amp; Implement (tool, device, instrument) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Limplement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2013-07-04: 07:29:00<\/em> <br \/>Are you sure her name wasn&#8217;t Noeleen?\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=trim\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=trim<\/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 tool which has been re-purposed and is now being used (perhaps unsafely) to perform a completely different function. v. To use a tool for a different purpose than for which it was originally designed. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Skimprovise: \/ SKIM-pro-vyz\/ Even at risk of life and limb &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1745\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Skimprovise: My nose hairs are scary!<\/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\/1745"}],"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=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}