{"id":27,"date":"2007-03-31T01:54:55","date_gmt":"2007-03-31T05:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2007-03-31T01:54:55","modified_gmt":"2007-03-31T05:54:55","slug":"i-didnt-get-an-mba-for-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"I didn&#8217;t get an MBA for nothing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> The art of sneaking to the office kitchen without having to take orders from your colleagues for coffee, or tea, or anything&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/sneak.png\" alt=\"I didn't get an MBA for nothing.\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Subterfridge<\/strong>:  \/<em>sub-ter-frij<\/em>\/ With careful subterfridge, Jill was able to disappear beside the fridge and take an uninterupted coffee break <em>Etymology:<\/em>  subterfuge (trick used to escape) + fridge <em>Created by:<\/em> porsche.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Galleyphanting<\/strong>:  \/<em>GAL-E-fan-ting<\/em>\/ Felicia Fanshaw formerly known as the office galleyphantom, has died of poisoning from arsenic in her coffee mug. Several of her colleagues are assisting police with their enquiries. <em>Etymology:<\/em> galley (kitchen) + phantom (something elusive) + gallivanting (roaming about in search of pleasure such as chocolate biscuits dipped in hot coffee) <em>Created by:<\/em> petaj.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Gofahcoffy<\/strong>:  \/<em>go-fah-coff-ee<\/em>\/ &#8216;Time to gofahcoffy&#8217; she said to herself. This was one of the few times this week she would try to invisibly gumshoe her way to the staff room to enjoy a cup of tea by herself and wallow in the solitude and calmness of the vacated kitchen. Goinfahcoffy was a huge challenge and risk, but if she got by her twenty-two co-workers, the tea and the time alone would help her overcome her protaskination and comtemplate the highly emotional marrage she encountered earlier in the week. <em>Etymology:<\/em> go + for + coffee-Related to the ancient and timely Canadian art of sneaking off from work to be on your own, known as &#8216;goingfahcoffy&#8217;, or &#8216;Tim&#8217;sing it up&#8217;. Also referenced in respect to unsolicited and irrelevant comments, such as a protoclash. <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Ninjava<\/strong>:  \/<em>nin-JAH-vah<\/em>\/ Every day, Bret would miraculously appear several times with freshly brewed coffee in his mug, while his colleagues went dry. He was a true master of the art of ninjava. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  ninja, java (slang for coffee) <em>Created by:<\/em> Alchemist.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=sneak\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=sneak<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: The art of sneaking to the office kitchen without having to take orders from your colleagues for coffee, or tea, or anything&#8230; VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Subterfridge: \/sub-ter-frij\/ With careful subterfridge, Jill was able to disappear beside the fridge and take an uninterupted coffee break Etymology: subterfuge (trick used to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=27\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I didn&#8217;t get an MBA for nothing.<\/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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27"}],"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=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}