{"id":222,"date":"2007-11-23T09:01:35","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T13:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=222"},"modified":"2007-11-23T10:06:31","modified_gmt":"2007-11-23T14:06:31","slug":"may-i-have-the-sweet-potato-fries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"May I have the sweet potato fries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v. intr.<\/em>, To not feel guilty about all the weight you&#8217;re putting on, because you need all the extra calories you can get, to survive the harsh winter climate. <em>n.<\/em>, A type of fat gained by mammals in preparation for winter hibernation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/fat.gif\" alt=\"May I have the sweet potato fries? \" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hamnesty<\/strong>:  \/<em>h\u00c4\u0081m&#8217;-n\u00c9\u2122-st\u00c4\u201c<\/em>\/ &#8220;It sure is getting cold lately. Oh hey, if you&#8217;re not going to finish that meat, I&#8217;ll have the rest of it,&#8221; said Margaret, adjusting her waistband, &#8220;and please pass the mashed potatoes and gravy,&#8221; she stated, with hamnesty. She had been putting on quite a few pounds of insulard over the last few weeks. <em>Etymology:<\/em> ham (Middle English, hamme &#8220;meat from the leg of a hog&#8221;) + (Greek, amn\u00c3\u00a9st\u00c3\u00ada &#8211; oblivion, &#8220;a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment&#8221;) <em>Created by:<\/em> Tigger.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Hamnesty:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\">purpleartichokes<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-11-21: 04:29:00<\/em><br \/>\nHilarious!!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-11-21: 10:54:00<\/em><br \/>\nyes &#8211; very funny<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-11-21: 16:34:00<\/em><br \/>\nIt seems with Margaret that it&#8217;s all going to waist! Great sentence &amp; word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Flabdicate<\/strong>:  \/<em>FLAB-di-keyt<\/em>\/ Roxie was a &#8220;fausse maigre&#8221; who, to calorie-proof herself against the &#8220;harsh&#8221; Australian winter, flabdicated with fattitude! <em>Etymology:<\/em> 1.Flabdicate: flab(fat) &amp; abdicate (give up the responsibility for ..flab.) 2.Fausse maigre: One who looks thin, but in reality is fat. 3. Fattitude: A positive attitude displayed by an overweight person towards their own body. (I Smirt, U Stooze, They Kr <em>Created by:<\/em> OZZIEBOB.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Flabdicate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-11-21: 10:51:00<\/em><br \/>\nfunny<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Inswellate<\/strong>:  \/<em>IN-swell-ate<\/em>\/ Peter&#8217;s inswellation meant that his winter clothes were at least a size larger than his summer wardrobe meaning he often looked baggy in fall and pinched in the spring. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  in(sul)ate + swell <em>Created by:<\/em> MrDave2176.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Inswellate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-11-21: 10:52:00<\/em><br \/>\nlove it<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-11-21: 16:45:00<\/em><br \/>\nYep, great word ! But Peter should remember that &#8216;clothes maketh not the man&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Snowbese<\/strong>:  \/<em>snow &#8211; bese<\/em>\/ Too many beavertails during his winter trip to Ottawa, left Pierre feeling snowbese. A few days of skiing in the Gatineaus would sort him out. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  snow + obese <em>Created by:<\/em> bzav1.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=fat\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=fat<\/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>2007-11-21: 00:01:00<\/em><br \/>\nToday&#8217;s definition was suggested by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=remistram\"><strong>remistram<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you remistram! ~ James<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v. intr., To not feel guilty about all the weight you&#8217;re putting on, because you need all the extra calories you can get, to survive the harsh winter climate. n., A type of fat gained by mammals in preparation for winter hibernation. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Hamnesty: \/h\u00c4\u0081m&#8217;-n\u00c9\u2122-st\u00c4\u201c\/ &#8220;It sure &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=222\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">May I have the sweet potato fries?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[90,92,93,24,89,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222"}],"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=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}