{"id":294,"date":"2008-03-06T07:27:24","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2008-03-06T07:27:24","modified_gmt":"2008-03-06T12:27:24","slug":"multitaskhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=294","title":{"rendered":"Multitaskhole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>strong>DEFINITION: <em>n.<\/em> A person who engages themselves in several different communication channels at the same time, without paying attention to any of them <em>v. tr.<\/em> To constantly switch your focus between cellphone calls, text messages, emails, and anything else that beeps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/just.gif\" alt=\"Just a second, I have call waiting...\" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Multitaskhole<\/strong>:  \/<em>multi-task-hole<\/em>\/ It never failed that as soon as Kelly and her husband Aaron got into the car he would pull out his cell phone and start dialing. While he was waiting for it to connect he would spin the dial on his iPod to show off his latest musical finds, never actually letting any of the songs play farther than the chorus. All of this was made more annoying by the fact that while at home the multitaskhole couldn&#8217;t seem to fold laundry and watch TV at the same time. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  multi-tasker + a%&amp;hole I believe that is self-explanatory. <em>Created by:<\/em> picabomama.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Multitaskhole:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=ErWenn\">ErWenn<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-02-28: 09:31:00<\/em><br \/>\nCute!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-02-28: 09:51:00<\/em><br \/>\nExceptionally good and exceptionally funny!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Twixtmessage<\/strong>:  \/<em>twickst-mess-age<\/em>\/ The full scope of Darlene&#8217;s twixtmessaging problems was revealed when she arrived home to find her husband had taken their son to the vet to get neutered, but thankfully their new Dachshund was on time for soccer practice. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  twixt &#8211; Middle English word meaning &#8220;between&#8221;, message &#8211; communicated information <em>Created by:<\/em> Banky.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Twixtmessage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-02-28: 12:40:00<\/em><br \/>\nvery funny<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-02-28: 13:03:00<\/em><br \/>\nDog gone funny!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Tigger\">Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-02-28: 23:18:00<\/em><br \/>\nYour sentences always make me laugh out loud.  Great submission!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Macaroami<\/strong>:  \/<em>mac-a-rome-ee<\/em>\/ Being the proud owner of a MacBook, an ipod and an iphone her brain became so confused that she stuck a feather in her cap and became a Macaroami!! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  mac + roam + macaroni <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Macaroami:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-02-28: 09:41:00<\/em><br \/>\nDelightful!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-02-28: 15:30:00<\/em><br \/>\nI like it!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Dronicator<\/strong>:  \/<em>dro-ni-cate-or<\/em>\/ Jessie was the biggest dronicator. She had 6 cell phones, 10 screen names on 4 different instant messengers, and 5 myspace and facebook accounts. She never had a free minute to talk to someone face-to-face. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  drone + communicator <em>Created by:<\/em> Biscotti.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Dronicator:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-02-28: 12:48:00<\/em><br \/>\nIntriguing angle!  Leaves a big impression!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=just\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=just<\/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>2008-02-28: 00:01:00<\/em><br \/>\nToday&#8217;s definition was suggested by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=magillo\"><strong>magillo<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you magillo. ~ James<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-02-28: 10:05:00<\/em><br \/>\nFun definition! It&#8217;s and inboxed knock out!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>2008-02-28: 10:11:00<\/em><br \/>\nThat should be &#8230; an &#8230; not and &#8230; in my comment above! This is what happens when my fingertips think they can override my brain!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>strong>DEFINITION: n. A person who engages themselves in several different communication channels at the same time, without paying attention to any of them v. tr. To constantly switch your focus between cellphone calls, text messages, emails, and anything else that beeps. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Multitaskhole: \/multi-task-hole\/ It never failed that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=294\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Multitaskhole<\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294"}],"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=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}