{"id":1776,"date":"2013-08-16T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2013-08-16T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T16:00:53","slug":"probaphobia-please-keep-your-tongue-to-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1776","title":{"rendered":"Probaphobia: Please keep your tongue to the left!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> The feelings of apprehension which occur when undergoing a medical examination. <em>v.<\/em> To feel discomfort while a medical professional pokes and prods at the weak points of your body.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/hygienist.gif\" alt=\"Please keep your tongue to the left!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Probaphobia<\/strong>:  \/<em>pro ba fo beeya<\/em>\/ Denny&#8217;s fear of doctors and dentists was so extreme, it was actually a bad case of probaphobia.  Many thought it went back to that fateful night when aliens beamed him up for some scientific rect-reation. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Probe (to be poked or proddedexamine physically with or as if with a probe) &amp; Phobia (irrational fear, anxiety over something) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trepidenticious<\/strong>:  \/<em>trep-uh-den-TISH-yuss<\/em>\/ As her appointment for a dental exam and major cleaning grew nearer Carmen once again felt the severe tremors of her unreasonable trepidenticious reactions. <em>Etymology:<\/em>   Blend of &#8216;trepidation&#8217; (tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation), &#8216;dental&#8217; and the suffix &#8216;-ious (Having; having the qualities of) <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=hygienist\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=hygienist<\/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. The feelings of apprehension which occur when undergoing a medical examination. v. To feel discomfort while a medical professional pokes and prods at the weak points of your body. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Probaphobia: \/pro ba fo beeya\/ Denny&#8217;s fear of doctors and dentists was so extreme, it was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1776\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Probaphobia: Please keep your tongue to the left!<\/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\/1776"}],"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=1776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}