{"id":42,"date":"2007-04-16T23:59:28","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T03:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2007-04-17T04:53:18","modified_gmt":"2007-04-17T08:53:18","slug":"yeah-im-in-heaven-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, I&#8217;m in heaven now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> A harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/vonnegut.png\" alt=\"Yeah, I'm in heaven now.\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Placeebull<\/strong>:  \/<em>pla-see-bull<\/em>\/ &#8216;Hard work always pays off&#8217; &#8211; a placeebull to keep workers motivated <em>Etymology:<\/em>  placebo + bull (as in bullshit) (had to put the second e in my word to emphasize sound) <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Benefib<\/strong>:  \/<em>ben-uh-fib<\/em>\/ To keep their spirits up and help them through the day to complete their tasks, the boss would often encourage his staff with a benefib or two. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  benefit + fib <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Lullalie<\/strong>:  \/<em>lull-ay-ly<\/em>\/ martha was afraid her wedding dress made her looked fat but as we were already walking down the aisle I felt that a lullalie would be safer than admitting she looked like a cruise liner from the back. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  lull- to gently rock or soothe lie &#8211; untruth., <em>Created by:<\/em> suzanne.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Chickenpoup<\/strong>:  \/<em>chi-ken-poop<\/em>\/ I thought his concern was sincere when I told him of my hamster Kitty&#8217;s passing. I later realized it was just chickenpoup for my soul when he suggested I flush her down the toilet. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  chicken soup for the soul; poop (as in a line of crap) <em>Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=vonnegut\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=vonnegut<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: A harmless untruth, intended to comfort simple souls. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Placeebull: \/pla-see-bull\/ &#8216;Hard work always pays off&#8217; &#8211; a placeebull to keep workers motivated Etymology: placebo + bull (as in bullshit) (had to put the second e in my word to emphasize sound) Created by: Jabberwocky. Benefib: \/ben-uh-fib\/ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=42\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yeah, I&#8217;m in heaven now<\/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":[8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"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=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}