{"id":248,"date":"2007-12-31T09:34:30","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T13:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=248"},"modified":"2007-12-31T09:34:30","modified_gmt":"2007-12-31T13:34:30","slug":"dresspionage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Dresspionage"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> To find something you really want in a shop, but then, since you cannot buy it immediately, to hide it so that no one else will get it.<\/p>\n

\"I'll<\/p>\n

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

Dresspionage<\/strong>: \/dress-pee-on-aj<\/em>\/ Sally was so desperate to buy the last prom dress in her size that she had to use a little dresspionage and hide it under some pilate’s balls until she could come back and purchase it. Etymology:<\/em> dress + espionage Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

Comments on Dresspionage:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-26: 18:53:00<\/em>
\nGreat word!<\/p>\n

freakystyley<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-26: 23:32:00<\/em>
\nhaha! hits the mark!<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-27: 19:41:00<\/em>
\nLike the furtive nature of this word and the way it rolls off the tongue. Very nice word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Purcacher<\/strong>: \/pur-cache-er<\/em>\/ Her husband had suspended all debit and credit cards and limited her to a weekly allowance because of her outlandish spending sprees. As a result, she was a cash only buyer. Unfortunately, when that money ran out, she turned into a devious purcacher who hide sale items in various places in the store until her weekly allowance came in. Etymology:<\/em> purchaser + cache Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n

Comments on Purcacher:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-26: 18:51:00<\/em>
\nGood word.<\/p>\n

Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-26: 22:08:00<\/em>
\nGreat word! Wish I’d thought of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shelfishness<\/strong>: \/SHELF-ish-ness<\/em>\/ I’m only shelfish at Christmas. Etymology:<\/em> From shelf hoarder and selfish so and so Created by:<\/em> sharktrager.<\/p>\n

Stowaware<\/strong>: \/stoh-a-wair<\/em>\/ Bob was the bane of booksellers, carefully stowawaring much-sought-after or rare editions for later purchase. Etymology:<\/em> With “stowaway” in mind, based on STOW: to conceal and WARE: goods for sale. Created by:<\/em> OZZIEBOB.<\/p>\n

Comments on Stowaware:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-26: 04:22:00<\/em>
\nPS: YES, I am guilty of stowawaring!<\/p>\n

galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-26: 07:07:00<\/em>
\ngood one!<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-27: 19:39:00<\/em>
\nClever! Right on the meaning!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=pumps2<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative,<\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION: To find something you really want in a shop, but then, since you cannot buy it immediately, to hide it so that no one else will get it. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Dresspionage: \/dress-pee-on-aj\/ Sally was so desperate to buy the last prom dress in her size that she had … Continue reading Dresspionage<\/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":[90,92,93,89,91,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248"}],"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=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}