{"id":411,"date":"2008-07-29T09:03:10","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T13:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=411"},"modified":"2008-07-29T09:03:10","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T13:03:10","slug":"gizbo-thats-cool-technology-its-my-deodorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"Gizbo: That&#8217;s cool technology! It&#8217;s my deodorant."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To obsess over, and fantasize about electronic gadgets even though you can never figure out how they actually work. <em>n.<\/em> A beautiful but useless gadget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/gadget.gif\" alt=\"That's cool technology! It's my deodorant.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gizbo<\/strong>:  \/<em>giz-bo<br \/>\n<\/em>\/ Joe had one gizbo after another on his desk. He usually bought them from the Dollar Store and they ran on &#8216;AA&#8217; batteries, made wonderful sounds, flashed multi-coloured lights and made great conversation pieces, but served no purpose in the real world.<br \/>\n <em>Etymology:<\/em>  GIZBO &#8211; noun &#8211; from GIZMO (a small specialized mechanical device) + BIMBO (useless, inconsequential, foolish, or stupid) <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Gizbo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-27: 17:45:00<\/em> <br \/>Good word<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Utensilly<\/strong>:  \/<em>you-tense-silly<\/em>\/ Chris had a workshop full of every  utensilly ever sold on the shopping channel. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  utensil + silly <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Utensilly:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-27: 17:46:00<\/em> <br \/>Nice word.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Technologlee<\/strong>:  \/<em>TEK-NAH-LO-GLEE<\/em>\/ Sharon was too overcome by technologlee to realize that her &#8220;new iPhone&#8221; was actually an old Walkman. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  A combination of technology and glee. <em>Created by:<\/em> jerschneid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agogatech<\/strong>:  \/<em>uh-GOG-uh-tek<\/em>\/ Irascable Ira Gobler was perpetually AGOGATECH because his boys in R&amp;D were quite prolifically producing a plethora of plastic playthings, electronic exotica, rubber replicas and extremely dangerous yet undeniably appealing appliances.<br \/>\n   Ira had no idea how they worked,nor did he care. As long as they clicked and buzzed, emanating their eerie electronic inducto-flux, he was more than satisfied- and downright dazzled.<br \/>\nIn fact, he was constantly AGOGATECH! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  AGOG-pleasantly mystified+AT+Tech(nology)<\/p>\n<p>Please see:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/goblertoys.com\/<\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> metrohumanx.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Agogatech:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-25: 07:05:00<\/em> <br \/>Very clever.  I like it!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=gadget\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=gadget<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v. To obsess over, and fantasize about electronic gadgets even though you can never figure out how they actually work. n. A beautiful but useless gadget. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Gizbo: \/giz-bo \/ Joe had one gizbo after another on his desk. He usually bought them from the Dollar Store &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=411\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gizbo: That&#8217;s cool technology! 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