{"id":507,"date":"2008-12-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=507"},"modified":"2008-12-08T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T16:00:00","slug":"windfunnel-youre-the-only-person-who-ever-listens-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Windfunnel: You’re the only person who ever listens to me…"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.,<\/em> An ongoing relationship where one person does all the talking, whining and complaining, and the other just listens quietly and tries to appear sympathetic. v. intr.,<\/em> To participate in a lopsided conversation where one person does all the conversing.<\/p>\n

\"You're<\/p>\n

VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Windfunnel<\/strong>: \/wind funnel<\/em>\/ Macey was a highly strung lass. Scarely a day went by when she wasn’t on the blower to one friend or another detailing every last nuance of her existence. Incessantly her tongue would flap away, like an errant handkerchief in a stiff breeze. Her friends tried to be supportive, but eventually all they could feel was the continual blast of hot air emanating from Macey’s wind pipe. Inevitably they tired of being on the narrow end of her windfunnel and changed numbers, address, and in one extreme case, country. Only Macey’s cat Briggs will listen to her now, and only then in exchange for food and iTunes gift cards. Etymology:<\/em> “Wind”: exasperatingly excessive verbiage. “Funnel”: device designed to channel substance without spillage in one direction. “Blower”: Slang for telephone. Created by:<\/em> emdeejay.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Windfunnel:<\/strong><\/p>\n

emdeejay<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 05:03:00<\/em>
When asked how he did it, Briggs replied: “iTune’d out”<\/p>\n

Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 09:17:00<\/em>
perfect!<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 11:58:00<\/em>
Excellent. Wind for the talker, and funnel for the one who takes it all in. Is the song of the day “You are the wind beneath my wings?”<\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 16:29:00<\/em>
Techno-mechanically sublime word!<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-05: 03:02:00<\/em>
fantastic<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Uniblatheral<\/strong>: \/yo\u00c5\u008dn\u00c9\u2122-blath\u00c9\u2122r-\u00c9\u2122l<\/em>\/ Joan and Jane are best of friends. Theirs is a perfect uniblatheral relationship. Joan has BMW disorder (bitch, moan, whine) if there is a topic to be discussed, she has an issue with some part of it. Jane is a one-person support group. Through numerous years of vigorous training she has developed the ability to listen without really hearing and nod at appropriate moments. That way her expression never gives it away when one of Joan’s tirades is a repeat, as so many of them are. Etymology:<\/em> unilateral (performed by or affecting only one person) + blather (talk long-windedly without making very much sense) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Uniblatheral:<\/strong><\/p>\n

ladyiggy<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 04:37:00<\/em>
Always liked the word blather. Sometimes the local news is like shampoo instructions – Blather. Rinse. Repeat><\/p>\n

Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 09:16:00<\/em>
great word and sentence<\/p>\n

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 21:35:00<\/em>
Blather is a great word…yada yada yada!<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-05: 03:03:00<\/em>
Great stuff<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Soliloquerulous<\/strong>: \/so-lil-o-kware-uh-lus<\/em>\/ Sue so was soliloquerulous that, even when her best friend was absent she constantly wore a headset with a playback feature so she wouldn’t miss a single word. Etymology:<\/em> soliloquy (act of talking alone or regardless of any hearers) + querulous (complaining; peevish) Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Soliloquerulous:<\/strong><\/p>\n

emdeejay<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 06:47:00<\/em>
Superb. Not just a verboticism, a genuine neologism. Can’t wait to use it!<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 12:38:00<\/em>
Admire your excellent use of irony in your sentence! Fits Sue (so) many. <\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 16:36:00<\/em>
Yes, it IS superb! Fun for my stumbling tongue, too.<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-05: 03:03:00<\/em>
Terrific<\/p>\n

TJayzz<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-07: 10:33:00<\/em>
Great word!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Emceeyammer<\/strong>: \/em see yam mer<\/em>\/ Stanley was almost comatose listening to Andrea’s endless prattle about her day at work. “And then, you know that Linda I told you about in accounting, well, that snob never said Good Morning to me and like, what did I ever do to her? And then Josh, the cute electrician told me I had nice hair and like Linda was sooo jealous…” Poor Stanley, he was a captive audience, being an inside cat in a one bedroom apartment, jailed with a self-involved airhead like Andrea. Oh sure, she fed him, cleaned his stink box and rubbed him on the chin like he liked, but seriously. How much more of being emceeyammer could he take? Granted, he slept 16 hours a day and therefore snored through most of her tirades, but she needed one of her own species. Maybe he’d sign her up on-line for a singles club. In his own lethargic manner, Stanley was getting fed up. Oh no, here she comes again…it’s yammer time! Etymology:<\/em> Emcee (MC or Master of Ceremonies, Ringmaster, Host) & Yammer (to whine endlessly) & MC Hammer (Performer in the late 80’s and early 90’s who’s most most famous song was “U Can’t Touch This” and was famous for baggy Hammer Pants.) Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Emceeyammer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 01:19:00<\/em>
Inspired, as usual!<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 12:01:00<\/em>
So in the ‘now’ and with that etymology in the ‘know’. Great create!<\/p>\n

emdeejay<\/a><\/strong>, 2008-12-04: 19:18:00<\/em>
Can’t touch that! <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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DEFINITION: n., An ongoing relationship where one person does all the talking, whining and complaining, and the other just listens quietly and tries to appear sympathetic. v. intr., To participate in a lopsided conversation where one person does all the conversing. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Windfunnel: \/wind funnel\/ Macey was a … Continue reading Windfunnel: You’re the only person who ever listens to 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\/507"}],"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=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}