{"id":30,"date":"2007-04-03T23:59:33","date_gmt":"2007-04-04T03:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=30"},"modified":"2007-04-04T00:55:16","modified_gmt":"2007-04-04T04:55:16","slug":"nothing-clever-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Nothing clever to say?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> A clever remark, especially a “comeback line” to an insult, which does not come to mind until it is too late to be delivered; often leads to the gnashing of teeth.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Retalilate<\/strong>: \/ri-tal-ee-late<\/em>\/ He could always retalilate to her sharp witted put downs, but only a few hours after her verbal slap. Etymology:<\/em> retaliate + late Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n

Retortoise<\/strong>: \/re-tor-tus<\/em>\/ Finally, at 2am , he thought of a retortoise Etymology:<\/em> retort, tortoise Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/font><\/p>\n

Wittischism<\/strong>: \/wit-i-skiz-um<\/em>\/ John’s wittischism was particularly acute as he replayed the argument in his mind three hours after the event. Etymology:<\/em> witticism (a clever remark) + schism (a division or break – in this case the break between the desire to retort and the actual thinking of the retort. Created by:<\/em> pinwheel.<\/font><\/p>\n

Parrysoundbite<\/strong>: \/pary-sownd-byte<\/em>\/ Barry needed dental surgery after his latest parrysoundbite which of course went unheard Etymology:<\/em> parry (retort) + Parry Sound (Ontario town) + sound bite (hence gnashing of teeth) Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
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James<\/font><\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: A clever remark, especially a “comeback line” to an insult, which does not come to mind until it is too late to be delivered; often leads to the gnashing of teeth. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Retalilate: \/ri-tal-ee-late\/ He could always retalilate to her sharp witted put downs, but only a … Continue reading Nothing clever to say?<\/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\/30"}],"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=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}