{"id":196,"date":"2007-10-19T23:14:36","date_gmt":"2007-10-20T03:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=196"},"modified":"2007-10-19T23:14:36","modified_gmt":"2007-10-20T03:14:36","slug":"i-think-hes-pretending-that-no-one-is-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=196","title":{"rendered":"I think he’s pretending that no one is home."},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v. intr.<\/em>, To avoid unwanted interruptions (visits, calls, or emails) by pretending to be unavailable, unreachable or unconscious. n.<\/em>, A person who pretends they are not home in order to avoid talking to someone.<\/font> <\/p>\n

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

Masquevade<\/strong>: \/mask e vade<\/em>\/ Jim was broke, so all week he had to masquevade the bill collectors. Etymology:<\/em> masquerade (pretend) evade (avoid) Created by:<\/em> tdhall56.<\/font><\/p>\n

Liesolate<\/strong>: \/lie-suh-layt<\/em>\/ when he started to have blurry recollections of some of the things he had drunkenly said and done on the weekend he decided to go into liesolation Etymology:<\/em> lie, isolate Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/font><\/p>\n

Catatalkic<\/strong>: \/cat-a-talk-ick<\/em>\/ Nancy’s constant catatalkic state had the entire office avoiding her. This ploy worked well for Nancy because it meant that she could actually get some work done for a change. Etymology:<\/em> catatonic + talk Created by:<\/em> Lolagrrl.<\/font><\/p>\n

Hiddentation<\/strong>: \/hid-den-TA-shun<\/em>\/ Kyle was hiddentating in the third floor conference room. He was answering emails and doing his work but his hiddentat here prevented others from coming to see him in his office and interrupting his “flow”. Etymology:<\/em> hidden + habitat Created by:<\/em> MrDave2176.<\/font><\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
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DEFINITION: v. intr., To avoid unwanted interruptions (visits, calls, or emails) by pretending to be unavailable, unreachable or unconscious. n., A person who pretends they are not home in order to avoid talking to someone. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Masquevade: \/mask e vade\/ Jim was broke, so all week he had … Continue reading I think he’s pretending that no one is home.<\/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\/196"}],"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=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}