{"id":253,"date":"2008-01-06T19:25:45","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T23:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2008-01-06T19:25:45","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T23:25:45","slug":"forrestgumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=253","title":{"rendered":"Forrestgumption"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> To never give up, to never let go of your dream, especially when others try to take it away from you.<\/p>\n

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

Forrestgumption<\/strong>: \/-fawr-ist-guhmp’-shun-<\/em>\/ Despite his short stature, Maurice had dreamed of being a professional basketball player since he’d watched his first game on television, and finally, after ignoring the taunts and derision of his peers for most of his life, through sheer Forrestgumption and countless hours of practice, he made his dream come true. Etymology:<\/em> Forrest Gump – a mentally-challenged character from the movie and novel of the same name, whose unflagging optimism and determination take him far in life; an inspirational icon since the sucess of the movie + gumption – boldness of enterprise, courage an Created by:<\/em> Tigger.<\/p>\n

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

Dougalistic<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 05:14:00<\/em>
\njust lol!<\/p>\n

Korinne<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 13:41:00<\/em>
\nThis is awesome!<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 16:31:00<\/em>
\nIt is interesting and strange that that “gump” in my dictionary is housed next to gumption, its exact opposite. Nice word!<\/p>\n

Stevenson0<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 20:58:00<\/em>
\nGood one! Off the wall and different and I like it a lot!! Something about winning for the ol’ Gumper and the trees and a forest!!!<\/p>\n

direwookiee<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 21:35:00<\/em>
\nBRILLIANT<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-03: 15:35:00<\/em>
\ngreat movie … great word … great creation!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dreambition<\/strong>: \/dreem bi shun<\/em>\/ Her main dreambition in life was to win big on the lottery…even if the odds were 14 million to one. Etymology:<\/em> dream & ambition Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

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

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 00:54:00<\/em>
\nWow … nice word blending!<\/p>\n

Phunky<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 16:16:00<\/em>
\nThat has a nice ring to it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Stevenson0<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 20:52:00<\/em>
\nGood word! Well done!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Zestanacious<\/strong>: \/zest-an-a-shuss<\/em>\/ Despite negative comments and occasional setbacks, Calamity Jane was zestanacious about being a rootin’, tootin’ sure shot. Etymology:<\/em> A combo of zest, zeal, and tenacious … everything it takes to make hopes and dreams come true. Created by:<\/em> silveryaspen.<\/p>\n

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

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 16:14:00<\/em>
\nGreat word!<\/p>\n

Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-02: 19:01:00<\/em>
\nExcellent!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Persistenacious<\/strong>: \/Per – sis – tuh – NAY – shuss<\/em>\/ Despite ongoing efforts by friends and family to dissuade her from persuing her goals, Wilhelmena was persistenatious in sticking to her dreams Etymology:<\/em> A play on the words persistent and tenacious Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=pitbull2<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative,<\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: To never give up, to never let go of your dream, especially when others try to take it away from you. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Forrestgumption: \/-fawr-ist-guhmp’-shun-\/ Despite his short stature, Maurice had dreamed of being a professional basketball player since he’d watched his first game on television, and finally, … Continue reading Forrestgumption<\/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\/253"}],"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=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}