{"id":307,"date":"2008-03-25T22:08:08","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T03:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=307"},"modified":"2008-03-25T22:08:08","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T03:08:08","slug":"broodawakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=307","title":{"rendered":"Broodawakening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v. intr.<\/em> To be woken up by a child or pet who is quietly but intently staring at you from the edge of your bed. <em>n.<\/em> A creepy silent stare that is so intense that it pierces sleep.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/stare.gif\" alt=\"Why are you staring at me like that? \" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Broodawakening<\/strong>:  \/<em>brood-ah-way-kun-ing<\/em>\/ Living with two dogs, a cat, and three kids, Sherry was generally roused each morning by a broodawakening, gazing intently at her and hungry for breakfast. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  brood (both offspring and to meditate with morbid persistence), rude awakening  <em>Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Broodawakening:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 10:28:00<\/em><br \/>\nStartling darlings &#8230; Outstanding!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 14:49:00<\/em><br \/>\non a roll<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-19: 16:31:00<\/em><br \/>\nExcellent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pillowstalk<\/strong>:  \/<em>pil-oh-stork<\/em>\/ i woke abruptly, feeling certain that Mr Kittikins was pillowstalking me with cat like determination. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  pillow, stalk, pillow talk <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Pillowstalk:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 08:32:00<\/em><br \/>\nyou had that strange feeline too?<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 14:49:00<\/em><br \/>\nvery nice<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=purpleartichokes\">purpleartichokes<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 14:50:00<\/em><br \/>\nI go out stalking, after midnight,  out in the moonlight&#8230; Great word!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 16:36:00<\/em><br \/>\nGood word!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 18:51:00<\/em><br \/>\nstalking is a very good word to describe cats!  Well done!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Extrasensorypetception<\/strong>:  \/<em>x-tra-sen-sorry-pet-cep-shun<\/em>\/ We gave up using an alarm clock long ago because of our cat&#8217;s extrasensorypetception. His ESP can drag us out of the deepest dreams. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  extra sensory perception (ESP) + pet <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Extrasensorypetception:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 10:22:00<\/em><br \/>\nESPied!  Excellent!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 16:22:00<\/em><br \/>\nExtraceptional!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 19:51:00<\/em><br \/>\nESPecially E.S.P. &#8211; Entertaining, Succinct and Plausible!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Hipponoteyes<\/strong>:  \/<em>hip-oh-not-ize<\/em>\/ People thought I was crazy to have a pet hippo but, with training, he was able to hipponoteyes me to get me up and out for my daily run. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  hippo + hypnotize + eyes <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Hipponoteyes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 10:19:00<\/em><br \/>\nFar out!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-03-18: 16:31:00<\/em><br \/>\nReminds me of the song: &#8220;I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do Don&#8217;t want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy&#8221; Good word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=stare\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=stare<\/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>2008-03-18: 00:01:00<\/em><br \/>\nToday&#8217;s definition was suggested by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=banky\"><strong>banky<\/strong><\/a>. Thank you banky. ~ James<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v. intr. To be woken up by a child or pet who is quietly but intently staring at you from the edge of your bed. n. A creepy silent stare that is so intense that it pierces sleep. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Broodawakening: \/brood-ah-way-kun-ing\/ Living with two dogs, a cat, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=307\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Broodawakening<\/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\/307"}],"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=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}