{"id":181,"date":"2007-09-28T23:15:46","date_gmt":"2007-09-29T03:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2007-09-28T23:15:46","modified_gmt":"2007-09-29T03:15:46","slug":"eat-or-youll-turn-into-a-boneless-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"Eat! Or you&#8217;ll turn into a boneless chicken."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em>, Cautionary advice provided by parents to their children, often makes no logical sense but carries enough emotional weight to affect the child&#8217;s behavior.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/chicken.gif\" alt=\"Eat! Or you'll turn into a boneless chicken.\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Mytherhood<\/strong>:  \/<em>mith-er-hood<\/em>\/ Little Timmy believed the mytherhoods that his parents told him. He was completely suprised when he grew up and wasn&#8217;t blind. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  myth + motherhood\/fatherhood <em>Created by:<\/em> Scrumpy.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Improverbs<\/strong>:  \/<em>im-prov-erbz<\/em>\/ my parents kept us in line with a never ending stream of improverbs <em>Etymology:<\/em>  improv, proverbs <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Ultimadeupums<\/strong>:  \/<em>uhlt-eye-mayd-uhp-uhm<\/em>\/ Son: &#8220;Daaaad!&#8221; (rolls his eyes to the back of his head at the latest suggestion) Dad: &#8220;Don&#8217;t you roll your eyes at me! I&#8217;ll roll your head across the floor!!&#8221;  (a recent ultimadeupum) Son: stops rolling eyes,&#8221;Is that really true, Dad?&#8221;  Dad: &#8220;No, son. I just made that junk up. Now stop asking questions before your spit runs out and your tongue shrivels up.&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  ultimatum + I made up, as in &#8220;it&#8217;s a parental right to make sh!t up sometimes when your little farm animal needs it.&#8221;  <em>Created by:<\/em> ScrabbledEgg.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Lorewarning<\/strong>:  \/<em>lor-war-ning<\/em>\/ Lorewarning is the practice of raising children by indoctrinating them with urban legends <em>Etymology:<\/em>  lore (myths) + forewarning <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=chicken\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=chicken<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: n., Cautionary advice provided by parents to their children, often makes no logical sense but carries enough emotional weight to affect the child&#8217;s behavior. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Mytherhood: \/mith-er-hood\/ Little Timmy believed the mytherhoods that his parents told him. He was completely suprised when he grew up and wasn&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=181\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eat! Or you&#8217;ll turn into a boneless chicken.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,16,4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181"}],"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=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}