{"id":483,"date":"2008-11-04T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2008-11-04T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:00:02","slug":"dreadicure-excuse-me-but-are-you-giving-us-your-full-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"Dreadicure: Excuse me, but are you giving us your full attention?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v. intr.<\/em>, To groom oneself in inappropriate places or at inappropriate times; i.e. clipping toenails while riding the bus, brushing hair while cooking, or plucking nose hairs during job interviews. <em>n.<\/em>, A person who practices personal hygiene in public places.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/toenails.gif\" alt=\"Excuse me, but are you giving us your full attention?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dreadicure<\/strong>:  \/<em>dred-i-cure<\/em>\/ Jim had no clue how disgusting it was each time he brought out his &#8220;man bag&#8221; and started with his monthly dreadicure right there in the living room.  To make matters worse, he just let the clippings fly where they may, thinking it was hilarious each time Bud the dog would catch one in his mouth.  Yeah, we was a real prince. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  dread + pedicure = dreadicure <em>Created by:<\/em> lumina.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Dreadicure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-10-31: 13:45:00<\/em> <br \/>yuck<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Preenoccupied<\/strong>:  \/<em>preen-awk-yu-pied<\/em>\/ Sally was so preenoccupied that she brought her whole makeup kit with her wherever she went. She sometimes used the reflection from a fellow passenger&#8217;s glasses to adjust her lipstick. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  preen + preoccupied <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sloblutions<\/strong>:  \/<em>slaw-BLOO-shunz<\/em>\/ TrimTim had many revolting habits which had a tendency to sicken, nauseate and repel even even the most uncultured buffoons. He would perform the grossest SLOBLUTIONS in public places, spitting with abandon like a professional baseball player, even though he never had a profession to speak of. Even the homeless people gave him a wide berth lest they be caught in his radius of repugnance and have their precarious social standing reduced even further&#8230;&#8230;ugh!  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  SLOB+abLUTIONS=SLOBLUTIONS&#8230;..SLOB:a slovenly or boorish person;Irish slab mud, ooze, slovenly person&#8230;..ABLUTIONS:the washing of one&#8217;s body or part of it;Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin ablution-, ablutio, from Latin abluere to wash away, from ab- + lavere to wash. <em>Created by:<\/em> metrohumanx.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Sloblutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=metrohumanx\">metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-10-31: 00:53:00<\/em> <br \/>This one was difficult to even ponder.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-10-31: 02:02:00<\/em> <br \/>Do you think a priest would give him Slobsolution?<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-10-31: 05:25:00<\/em> <br \/>Tim is the kind of guy who spreads cheer and joy wherever he doesnt go.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-10-31: 13:47:00<\/em> <br \/>nice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Horrigienics<\/strong>:  \/<em>hor-i-jen-niks<\/em>\/ Unaware he was performing a series of horrigienics in front of the passengers on the south-bound 7:52 AM crowded Yonge Street subway train, Joe proceeded to remove his socks and shoes and clip his toe nails and finger nails, brush a layer of dandruff from his head to his lap, clean the wax out of both ears and snip a dozen, or so nose hairs in preparation for his 9:00 AM job interview downtown. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  HORRIGIENICS &#8211; noun &#8211; from HORRID (shockingly dreadful; abominable; extremely unpleasant, or disagreeable) + HYGIENICS (the practice and promotion of one&#8217;s health)<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Horrigienics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-10-31: 05:20:00<\/em> <br \/>Sounds like Joe was way overdue for some personal &#8216;sanitation&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=lumina\">lumina<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-10-31: 13:12:00<\/em> <br \/>As my hug&#8217;s brother, now about 48 used to say at age 5, &#8220;That&#8217;s grossp.&#8221;  Yeah, with a P. *ha*<\/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=toenails\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=toenails<\/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. intr., To groom oneself in inappropriate places or at inappropriate times; i.e. clipping toenails while riding the bus, brushing hair while cooking, or plucking nose hairs during job interviews. n., A person who practices personal hygiene in public places. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Dreadicure: \/dred-i-cure\/ Jim had no clue &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=483\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dreadicure: Excuse me, but are you giving us your full attention?<\/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\/483"}],"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=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}