{"id":20,"date":"2007-03-21T16:09:23","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T20:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=20"},"modified":"2007-03-31T16:24:14","modified_gmt":"2007-03-31T20:24:14","slug":"im-sorry-can-you-repeat-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=20","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

Trekkienology<\/strong>: \/trekee-nawl-ogee<\/em>\/ I think you have to understand Vulcan to figure out modern trekkienology Etymology:<\/em> trekkie + technology Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n

Einstymie<\/strong>: \/EIN-sty-mee<\/em>\/ Sue was all thrilled to get her new cell phone, but after reading through the 245 page manual and realizing she didn’t have a clue as to how to turn on the damn thing, she realized she had purchased yet another Einstymie. Etymology:<\/em> Einstein, stymie (A situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it.) Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/font><\/p>\n

Ditzmo<\/strong>: \/ditz-mo<\/em>\/ The ditzmo was such a complicated bit of electronics that Bobbie didn’t even try to figure it out. Etymology:<\/em> ditz (a scatterbrain) + gizmo (a mechanical device) Created by:<\/em> jedijawa.<\/font><\/p>\n

Vistappointment<\/strong>: \/vis-tah-POYNY-ment<\/em>\/ That new self-walking dog leash I bought online turned out to be a big Vistappointment. I couldn’t even get it configured to my breed, it kept defaulting to “shih tsu”. What a rip! Etymology:<\/em> Vista (you know) + disappointment Created by:<\/em> Alchemist.<\/font><\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
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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) Trekkienology: \/trekee-nawl-ogee\/ I think you have to understand Vulcan to figure out modern trekkienology Etymology: trekkie + technology Created by: Jabberwocky. Einstymie: \/EIN-sty-mee\/ Sue was all thrilled to … 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":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20"}],"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=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}