{"id":345,"date":"2008-05-07T23:58:53","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T04:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2008-05-08T08:05:13","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T13:05:13","slug":"johnny-bunkos-erronbonus-wins-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=345","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Bunko&#8217;s Erronbonus Wins Top Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s definition is inspired by Johnny Bunko\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Career Lesson #5: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Make excellent mistakes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. See: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnnybunko.com\/\"><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Adventures of Johnny Bunko\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danpink.com\/\">Dan Pink<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To make a mistake from which the benefits of what you learned exceed the costs of the screw-up. <em>n.<\/em> An excellent mistake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/slip.gif\" alt=\"I just asked the boss if she'd date me...\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Erronebonus<\/strong>:  \/<em>air-owe-nee-bow-nus<\/em>\/ To erroneously mark down the wrong civic holiday on the company calender was a mistake. To get an extra day off was an erronebonus. <em>Etymology:<\/em> erroneous + bonus <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Erronebonus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=stache\">stache<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-02: 08:54:00<\/em><br \/>\nnice blending. only 2 extra letters added to a &#8216;real&#8217; word.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-02: 18:46:00<\/em><br \/>\nGood one!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Tigger\">Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-02: 22:18:00<\/em><br \/>\nExcellent!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-04: 06:50:00<\/em><br \/>\nDitto, ditto.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Bonerrata<\/strong>:  \/<em>bahn-ehr-atta  &#8211; b\u00c5\u008dn-err-atta<\/em>\/ &#8220;She fired me!&#8221; Kevin cried out in laughter.  &#8220;Really? What for?&#8221; Devon asked surprisingly.  &#8220;I asked her out.&#8221; Kevin replied with a twinkle in his eye.  &#8220;Huh?&#8221; Devon grunted.  &#8220;Yeah, I asked her out after I accidently deleted all of the files of the Johnson report.&#8221;  &#8220;Really?&#8221; asked Devon.  &#8220;Yeah, she said no and she doesn&#8217;t want me to work here anymore, but she needs me to fix the situation &#8212; from home! So I will now be telecommuting Dude!&#8221;   <em>Etymology:<\/em> bon, good + boner, blunder + errata, corrections of mistakes, from err, to make a mistake <em>Created by:<\/em> arrrteest.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Bonerrata:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-04: 06:50:00<\/em><br \/>\nNice word.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Acerr<\/strong>:  \/<em>ace-err<\/em>\/ A scientist at the 3-M company, in an attempt to make a super glue, acerred when   he came up with a weak glue and used it to invent post-it notes. The scientist and  3-M went on to make millions of dollars from his acerror.  <em>Etymology:<\/em> VERB &#8211; to acerr &#8211; (from to ace  + to err) _____<br \/>\nNOUN &#8211; acerror &#8211; from ace (excellent, first rate) + error <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Acerr:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-02: 14:08:00<\/em><br \/>\nfabulous blend<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=petaj\">petaj<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-03: 06:27:00<\/em><br \/>\ngot my vote<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Serendumbity<\/strong>:  \/<em>serr &#8211; uhn &#8211; DUM &#8211; uh &#8211; tee<\/em>\/ Felicity had a glorious gift for serendumbity;  many things that might turn into disasters became successes in spite of her ineptitude in actually planning her life. <em>Etymology:<\/em> blend of serendipity and dumb <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Serendumbity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-02: 14:07:00<\/em><br \/>\nnice word<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=pieceof314\">pieceof314<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-02: 14:28:00<\/em><br \/>\nGreat choice in name, too!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Tigger\">Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-05-02: 22:02:00<\/em><br \/>\nGood name for the next sequel to &#8216;Legally Blonde&#8217;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=slip\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=slip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>the 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>2008-05-02: 00:01:00<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s definition is inspired by Johnny Bunko&#8217;s Career Lesson # 5: &#8220;Make excellent mistakes&#8221;. See: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=331\"> <em>&#8220;The Adventures of Johnny Bunko&#8221;<\/em> by Dan Pink<\/a>. Thanks Dan! ~ James<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s definition is inspired by Johnny Bunko\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Career Lesson #5: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Make excellent mistakes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. See: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Adventures of Johnny Bunko\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by Dan Pink. DEFINITION: v. To make a mistake from which the benefits of what you learned exceed the costs of the screw-up. n. An excellent mistake. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Erronebonus: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=345\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Johnny Bunko&#8217;s Erronbonus Wins Top Spot<\/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":[90,9,46,93,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"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=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}