{"id":256,"date":"2008-01-11T09:37:13","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T13:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=256"},"modified":"2008-01-11T09:37:13","modified_gmt":"2008-01-11T13:37:13","slug":"computard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=256","title":{"rendered":"Computard"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.,<\/em> A slow computer with insufficient memory; also, a slow-thinking husband. v. intr.,<\/em> To take an extraordinarily long time to respond to a relatively simple request.<\/p>\n

\"Honey?<\/p>\n

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

Computard<\/strong>: \/com-pu-tard<\/em>\/ When an important report is due, my computer usually goes into computard mode, taking me hours longer to complete the assignment. Etymology:<\/em> computer + tardy Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n

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

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-07: 18:10:00<\/em>
\nNice word with the possibilty of cognates such as: computardity, computardiness, computardily etc.<\/p>\n

Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-07: 23:34:00<\/em>
\nExcellent word!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lapsetop<\/strong>: \/laps-top<\/em>\/ This laspsetop is completely useless. Every time I move the mouse the screen saver comes on. Etymology:<\/em> laptop + lapse Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

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

direwookiee<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-07: 09:37:00<\/em>
\nI like it!<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-07: 18:02:00<\/em>
\nVery good word!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Islack<\/strong>: \/i-slak<\/em>\/ I don;t know who’s the bigger i-slack: my slow virus riddled computer or my lazy husband who sits in front of it all day looking at naughty sites. Etymology:<\/em> i-mac: popular computer brand + slack Created by:<\/em> libertybelle.<\/p>\n

Cronstipated<\/strong>: \/kron-sti-pay-tid<\/em>\/ I guess I added too many bells and whistles to my computer, as it became quite cronstipated upon booting up. Etymology:<\/em> cron – A Unix command for scheduling jobs to be executed sometime in the future; constipated Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/p>\n

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

Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-07: 12:07:00<\/em>
\nfunny<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-01-07: 18:13:00<\/em>
\ngreat sentence!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Be Creative,<\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n

Definition Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verbotomy<\/a><\/strong> – 2008-01-07: 00:01:00<\/em>
\nToday’s definition was suggested by gemmgemms<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you gemmgemms. ~ James<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION: n., A slow computer with insufficient memory; also, a slow-thinking husband. v. intr., To take an extraordinarily long time to respond to a relatively simple request. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Computard: \/com-pu-tard\/ When an important report is due, my computer usually goes into computard mode, taking me hours longer to … Continue reading Computard<\/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\/256"}],"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=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}