{"id":300,"date":"2008-03-15T12:27:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-15T17:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2008-03-15T12:27:29","modified_gmt":"2008-03-15T17:27:29","slug":"herpevaricate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"Herpevaricate"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v. intr.<\/em> To pretend that you adore someone’s pet even though it is annoyingly stupid, bizarrely threatening, or just plain stinky. n.<\/em> A alarming pet or companion, which nevertheless requires fawning.<\/p>\n

\"So<\/p>\n

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

Herpevaricate<\/strong>: \/hur-pi-var’-i-kate<\/em>\/ The proximity of Steve’s 13 foot, 60 pound “pet” boa constrictor caused Sarah to simultaneously hyperventilate and herpevaricate. “Does this make me a herpocrite?” she wondered. Etymology:<\/em> herpetology (dealing with reptiles and amphibians) + prevaricate (to lie); also “herpe” + hypocrite (a person whose actions or words belie their beliefs) Created by:<\/em> Jamagra.<\/p>\n

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

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-07: 09:52:00<\/em>
\nIngenious sentence, etymology and word. Triple Kudos!<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-08: 20:58:00<\/em>
\nAnother great word; luv the sentence too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Abhorable<\/strong>: \/abhor-able<\/em>\/ David was so cute and so charming and so rich that Tiffany found herself cuddling up with his menagerie of abhorable animals, despite her fear of venomous attack. Etymology:<\/em> A play on the word adorable, replacing ador with abhor, meaning to to detest. Created by:<\/em> picabomama.<\/p>\n

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

diyan627<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-07: 14:29:00<\/em>
\nperfect word! my sister’s dog is abhorable with the way she lunges and flies at my face and barks in a high pitched, glass breaking squeal of a bark, but I have to pretend I love her…my sister worships her<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-07: 22:04:00<\/em>
\nSometimes we read more into a word as the day goes on … abhorrible … homonym to abhorable! So good I’ll be using it! Great originality!<\/p>\n

Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-08: 06:31:00<\/em>
\nExcellent verboticism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ferretrocious<\/strong>: \/ferret-trow-shus<\/em>\/ I find my friend’s new pet ferret quite ferretrocious, especially after it attacked my pet bunny. My friend said it was just because my bunny was a tease and he really liked her. Etymology:<\/em> ferret + ferocious Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

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

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-07: 09:50:00<\/em>
\nAlways so pleasant to experience your subtle infunuations! Fierce word!<\/p>\n

purpleartichokes<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-07: 13:25:00<\/em>
\nSounds like ferrhetoric on the friend’s part.<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-08: 21:04:00<\/em>
\nTough love,eh! Good word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Petriflect<\/strong>: \/PET-ra-flekt<\/em>\/ When Bob described his pet “Phido” as a sanguined-eyed, silky-skinned sweetie, craving to be cuddled, Roxie couldn’t wait to meet him. But to her horror, when Phido slithered silently from under a cushion on the sofa she was sitting, she almost apsed into unconsciousness. Not wishing to offend Bob she smiled and petriflected, as if nothing was a hiss. However when Phido sidled up to her and slipped inside her blouse, she feared she was about to be cleopatronized. Bob told her not to worry, saying: “That’s his way of showing you that he likes you.” Etymology:<\/em> Blend of PET, tamed or domesticated animal; PETRIFY, metaphorically to paralyse with fear, shock; FLECT, to bend as in GENFLECTION, to bend knee or touch ground in adoration; obeisance, dote. Nouns: petriflection; a petriflect. “Phido” Gk:ophidia-snake Created by:<\/em> OZZIEBOB.<\/p>\n

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

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-07: 09:45:00<\/em>
\nYour sentence is so full of great plays on words! Cunning sentence and word!<\/p>\n

Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-07: 09:50:00<\/em>
\nwhat a word week<\/p>\n

Banky<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-03-08: 09:06:00<\/em>
\nUh, wow, I guess I’ve learned the value of pressing “show all” instead of “more”, because I almost completely ripped yours off in mine. I totally didn’t mean to, sorry Oz! \ud83d\ude41<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=snake<\/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> – 2008-03-07: 00:01:00<\/em>
\nToday’s definition was suggested by yellowbird<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you yellowbird. ~ James<\/p>\n

Tigger<\/a><\/strong> – 2008-03-07: 02:48:00<\/em>
\nIf I can post a YouTube link here, this one’s pretty amusing, and relevant to this definition: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pq6NJ7kKEag<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION: v. intr. To pretend that you adore someone’s pet even though it is annoyingly stupid, bizarrely threatening, or just plain stinky. n. A alarming pet or companion, which nevertheless requires fawning. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Herpevaricate: \/hur-pi-var’-i-kate\/ The proximity of Steve’s 13 foot, 60 pound “pet” boa constrictor caused Sarah … Continue reading Herpevaricate<\/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":[90,92,93,89,91,40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300"}],"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=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}