{"id":415,"date":"2008-08-04T09:05:23","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T13:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=415"},"modified":"2008-08-04T09:05:23","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T13:05:23","slug":"mugsaphobia-this-is-the-real-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=415","title":{"rendered":"Mugsaphobia: This is the real me."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> A self-image disorder characterized by an inability look at, share, or even recognize pictures of yourself, unless they have been photoshopped to perfection.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/ps.gif\" alt=\"This is the real me.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mugsaphobia<\/strong>:  \/<em>mugz a fo beea<\/em>\/ COP:&#8221;Name?&#8221;<br \/>\nFRED:&#8221;Prints Charming&#8221;<br \/>\nCOP: &#8220;Funny&#8230;that&#8217;s right, we&#8217;ll need your prints, Charming! Occupation?&#8221;<br \/>\nFRED: &#8220;Self-Photographer. Officer, What are the Charges?&#8221;<br \/>\nCOP:&#8221;Indecent Exposure&#8230;You were seen flashing people! Your aperture was open. We are running a background check on you now. Your statements are in sharp contrast to the witness statements.&#8221;<br \/>\nFRED: &#8220;No, I wasn&#8217;t doing that&#8230;I was shooting myself, in order to get the most perfect image I could. You see, Officer, I suffer from a mental disorder called Mugsaphobia! It&#8217;s a rare disorder that lens itself to misunderstandings like this.&#8221;<br \/>\nCOP:&#8221;Yeah, such a filmsy excuse and this is a Kodak moment.  We&#8217;ll lock you up in a cell and see what develops!&#8221;<br \/>\nFRED: &#8220;No, you can&#8217;t&#8230;I&#8217;ll tell you I&#8217;ll snap! I&#8217;ll blow-up. Besides, if I have to sit in a cold cell,I&#8217;ll shutter, I&#8217;ll get polaroids!&#8221;<br \/>\nCOP: &#8220;Don&#8217;t be so negative. Your lawyer will soon get a resolution for you, if you don&#8217;t pose any more problems for us! Quit crying and focus or you&#8217;ll get red-eye.&#8221;<br \/>\nFRED: &#8220;HELP, I&#8217;VE BEEN FRAMED!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <em>Etymology:<\/em>  mugs {mug shot:a photograph of someone&#8217;s face (especially one made for police records)}and phobia (an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations)<\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Mugsaphobia:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-31: 00:44:00<\/em> <br \/>Hey, Muggsy! Good word.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-01: 03:23:00<\/em> <br \/>Good word &amp; interesting tale.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pixosis<\/strong>:  \/<em>pix-os-is<\/em>\/ Jenny&#8217;s psychiatrist&#8217;s treatment of pixosis was to get her, over time, to use older and older versions of Photoshop until she weaned herself of the program.<\/p>\n<p> <em>Etymology:<\/em>  pixel + osis <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Pixosis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-01: 03:33:00<\/em> <br \/>Clever.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-01: 06:33:00<\/em> <br \/>Great treatment regimen for PIXOSIS ! I wish that cure had been available when I unfortunately tried Americansingles. (the site, not the cheese)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Photochopic<\/strong>:  \/<em>Pho&#8217;to-chop-ick<\/em>\/ Suzy&#8217;s Photochopic tendencies have led to many disappointments. She couldnt quite understand why her &#8220;matches&#8221; from Hookup.com always seemed to never call her back.<br \/>\n**Disclaimer** While this word is somewhat similar to Adobe\u00c2\u00ae Photoshop\u00c2\u00ae registered trademarks or trademarks of \u00c2\u00aePhotoshop\u00c2\u00ae Company\u00c2\u00ae Inc\u00c2\u00aeorporated\u00c2\u00ae in Nigeria*, Finland\u00c2\u00ae and\/or any other country. Violation of this trademark may result in personal injury, death, and a poorly photoshopped picture. Say photoshop and you will go to jail.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of Photograph &#8211; Chop (To cut into pieces)- Manic (outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity) <em>Created by:<\/em> hooterbug.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Photochopic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=lumina\">lumina<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-07-31: 12:31:00<\/em> <br \/>I love it!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-01: 03:18:00<\/em> <br \/>Good one.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-01: 06:44:00<\/em> <br \/>You clearly have Suzie JPegged.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=happyhippy\">happyhippy<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-01: 13:21:00<\/em> <br \/>very well thought out. u seem to understand suzy better than herself woo to photochopick<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Fabsnapic<\/strong>:  \/<em>Fab-snap-ik<\/em>\/ As Roxie&#8217;s descended further and further into a fabsnapic starry-eyedess, her personal photo-album began resembling a who&#8217;s who of supermodels. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of FABULOUS(fab:informal): Beyond belief; exceedingly great; exceptionally good; extremely pleasing; almost impossible to believe; incredible ; SNAP .n a photo; vb. to take a photo; emotionally meltdown; PIC, a picture, a photo &amp; -IC: state or condition. <em>Created by:<\/em> OZZIEBOB.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Fabsnapic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-01: 06:30:00<\/em> <br \/>FABSNAPPIC came in late on my 486- mabye it went into da buffer. But I love 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=ps\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=ps<\/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: n. A self-image disorder characterized by an inability look at, share, or even recognize pictures of yourself, unless they have been photoshopped to perfection. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Mugsaphobia: \/mugz a fo beea\/ COP:&#8221;Name?&#8221; FRED:&#8221;Prints Charming&#8221; COP: &#8220;Funny&#8230;that&#8217;s right, we&#8217;ll need your prints, Charming! Occupation?&#8221; FRED: &#8220;Self-Photographer. Officer, What are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=415\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mugsaphobia: This is the real me.<\/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":[90,93,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415"}],"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=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}