{"id":200,"date":"2007-10-24T16:06:50","date_gmt":"2007-10-24T20:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=200"},"modified":"2007-10-30T16:08:40","modified_gmt":"2007-10-30T20:08:40","slug":"this-bank-machine-is-so-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"This bank machine is so stupid."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v. intr.<\/em>, To have the strength of character, persistence of heart, and dimness of wit to follow an unchanging course of action even when it is completely ineffective. <em>n.<\/em>, A person who unhappily does the same thing over and over again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/swipe.gif\" alt=\"This bank machine is so stupid.\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redundunce<\/strong>:  \/<em>ri-duhn-duhns<\/em>\/ Amy is a classic redundunce who needs to do things thirty, or forty times before she realizes they don&#8217;t work. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  redundant + dunce <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Redundunce:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-10-24: 10:35:00<\/em><br \/>\ngood word good word good word good word<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Persistard<\/strong>:  \/<em>per-SIS-tard &#8211; dun-see-KAY-shun<\/em>\/ Donna was well known as a persistard. She would often continue to push the elevator button after it was lit, and would send back her Publisher&#8217;s Clearing House entries (with subscriptions). She hoped her duncication would pay off one day. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  n: Persistard  =persistance + (re)tard; v: Duncication = dunce + (dedi)cation <em>Created by:<\/em> MrDave2176.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Persistard:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Lidipop\">Lidipop<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-10-24: 12:09:00<\/em><br \/>\nha! &#8211; good one \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Lolagrrl\">Lolagrrl<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-10-24: 14:01:00<\/em><br \/>\nIf I had been drinking milk whilst reading this it would have shot straight out my nose! \ud83d\ude00 Good one!!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Kevcom\">Kevcom<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-10-24: 23:00:00<\/em><br \/>\nThat actually is a good one, come to think of it! On another note, Isn&#8217;t it funny to notice that you can almost tell how many points a word will have simply by looking at the comments?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Moronandonandon<\/strong>:  \/<em>more-on-and-on-and-on<\/em>\/ Jimmy watched the moronandonandon stop, look at the door questioningly, grab the door&#8217;s handle, and for the fourth time visibly strain to pull it, ignoring the big red letters PUSH splashed across the door&#8217;s center. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  moron (an idiot) + on and on and on (to keep going for an extended time) <em>Created by:<\/em> shalla.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Futiliteration<\/strong>:  \/<em>few-TILL-it-err-ay-shun<\/em>\/ Marjorie was an idiotto. Her futiliteration had been rewarded by a long, but unfulfilling, career in the jar inspection role at the glassworks. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  futile + iteration (idiotto &#8212; idiot + ditto) <em>Created by:<\/em> petaj.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Futiliteration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=libertybelle\">libertybelle<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-10-24: 16:23:00<\/em><br \/>\nterrific!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=swipe\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=swipe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Definition Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Verbotomy\">Verbotomy<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2007-10-24: 01:27:00<\/em><br \/>\nToday&#8217;s definition was suggested by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Osomatic\"><strong>Osomatic<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you Osomatic! ~ James<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v. intr., To have the strength of character, persistence of heart, and dimness of wit to follow an unchanging course of action even when it is completely ineffective. n., A person who unhappily does the same thing over and over again. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Redundunce: \/ri-duhn-duhns\/ Amy is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=200\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This bank machine is so stupid.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,16,22,4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200"}],"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=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}