{"id":435,"date":"2008-08-29T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=435"},"modified":"2008-08-29T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2008-08-29T15:00:02","slug":"mallinger-i-guess-ill-do-a-little-window-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"Mallinger: I guess I&#8217;ll do a little window shopping&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> What boyfriends and husbands do while they are waiting their girlfriends and\/or wives to shop. <em>n.<\/em> A person doing such a thing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/wander.gif\" alt=\"I guess I'll do a little window shopping...\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mallinger<\/strong>:  \/<em>mawl-ing-gerr<\/em>\/ he was simply expected to mallinger while she disappeared into an endless stream of shops <em>Etymology:<\/em>  mall, linger, malinger <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Mallinger:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-27: 01:26:00<\/em> <br \/>Good word.I sympathize.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=TJayzz\">TJayzz<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-27: 03:44:00<\/em> <br \/>Like it\n<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-27: 16:08:00<\/em> <br \/>very good<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-28: 00:43:00<\/em> <br \/>Nice word<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-28: 01:54:00<\/em> <br \/>Excellent!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Masterwait<\/strong>:  \/<em>mas-ter-weyt<br \/>\n<\/em>\/  To keep her happy, he goes along shopping and masterwaits patiently for her while she tries on every pair of shoes in the store. <\/p>\n<p> <em>Etymology:<\/em>  MASTERWAIT &#8211; verb &#8211; from MASTER (a person who commands, or is in charge and of course SHE is) + WAIT (to be patient and remain neglected for a time) <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Masterwait:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-27: 16:04:00<\/em> <br \/>that&#8217;s why guys wear such bulky overcoats<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-28: 00:49:00<\/em> <br \/>He thinks it&#8217;s the best way to achieve &#8220;masterpeace&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Mallbearer<\/strong>:  \/<em>pawl-BAIR-uhr<\/em>\/ Bob confessed to friends that he would rather go to a funeral than be a mallbearer on one of Roxie&#8217;s shopping trips. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Blend of MALL: (as in shopping mall)mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped  complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; &amp; PALLBEARER: One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; so called<br \/>\nfrom the pall being formerly carried by them; PALL: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; grim, gloomy, foreboding. <em>Created by:<\/em> OZZIEBOB.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Mallbearer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-27: 16:04:00<\/em> <br \/>excellent<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-28: 01:38:00<\/em> <br \/>Ah, death by debit, all sales final, slashed prices, coffin up more cash&#8230;Debt of a Salesman! <\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-28: 03:35:00<\/em> <br \/>Bravo! More! More!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Contemplaza<\/strong>:  \/<em>con-tem-pla-za<\/em>\/ While dutifully lugging bags around the mall like a pack mule, Chris would quietly contemplaza the meaning of life. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  contemplate + plaza <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Contemplaza:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=OZZIEBOB\">OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-28: 00:55:00<\/em> <br \/>Has he discovered what it is? If so, please let me know. Good word.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-08-28: 01:29:00<\/em> <br \/>Always look on the BRIGHT side of lfe.<\/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=wander\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=wander<\/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. What boyfriends and husbands do while they are waiting their girlfriends and\/or wives to shop. n. A person doing such a thing. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Mallinger: \/mawl-ing-gerr\/ he was simply expected to mallinger while she disappeared into an endless stream of shops Etymology: mall, linger, malinger Created by: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=435\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mallinger: I guess I&#8217;ll do a little window shopping&#8230;<\/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\/435"}],"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=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}