{"id":36,"date":"2007-04-10T23:59:40","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T03:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2007-04-16T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2007-04-16T16:00:21","slug":"excuse-me-but-thats-my-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"Excuse me, but that’s my button"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> To push a pushbutton that has just been pushed by someone else because you “need” to push it yourself; common at elevators, traffic lights, and family meetings.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Excuse<\/p>\n

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

Superflupress<\/strong>: \/sue-purr-flu-press<\/em>\/ Gordon was such a controlpanelfreak that he was always superflupressing in the vain thought that he could override everyone else’s intentions. Etymology:<\/em> superfluous (surplus to demand) + press Created by:<\/em> petaj.<\/font><\/p>\n

Prescalate<\/strong>: \/press-cah-layt<\/em>\/ he arrived at the traffic lights and couldn’t help but prescalate… the other gentleman responded with his own prescalation…the situation then prescalated to such a point that neither of them were prepared to leave the button even when the lights changed… Etymology:<\/em> press, escalate Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/font><\/p>\n

Pushwhacked<\/strong>: \/push-wackd<\/em>\/ Although it was already pressed, Jill pushwhacked the buton continuously until the elevator arrived. Etymology:<\/em> push, bushwhack Created by:<\/em> toadstool57.<\/font><\/p>\n

Digiredoo<\/strong>: \/dih-jih-ree-dew<\/em>\/ The button was lit. Clearly, someone had already pushed it. So why did I feel the need to digiredoo? Etymology:<\/em> digit, redo, and didgeridoo (An aboriginal wind instrument that has absolutely nothing to do with this word.) Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

James<\/font><\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: To push a pushbutton that has just been pushed by someone else because you “need” to push it yourself; common at elevators, traffic lights, and family meetings. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Superflupress: \/sue-purr-flu-press\/ Gordon was such a controlpanelfreak that he was always superflupressing in the vain thought that he could … Continue reading Excuse me, but that’s my button<\/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":[9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36"}],"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=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}