{"id":563,"date":"2009-02-24T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=563"},"modified":"2009-02-24T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T16:00:01","slug":"deleteful-but-why-did-you-say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"Deleteful: But why did you say “yes”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v.<\/em> To win approval by carefully omitting any and all facts which may put the “correct” decision in jeopardy. n.<\/em> A form of persuasion, or perhaps deceit, which is based on selective omissions.<\/p>\n

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

Deleteful<\/strong>: \/de LETE full<\/em>\/ The guy I am now dating is delightful, but the last guy was deleteful. He always “forgot” to tell me things. He didn’t tell me he was dating other women. He said, “You didn’t ask.” He told me what he thought I should know in a nicely packaged facade, and deleted the rest. Etymology:<\/em> The opposite of delightful.
\nDELETE: to remove something, or erase something
\nDECEITFUL: dishonest Created by:<\/em> kateinkorea.<\/p>\n

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

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-20: 08:29:00<\/em>
Well crafted!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Factholes<\/strong>: \/fakth\u00c5\u008dlz<\/em>\/ If you could see Tim’s argument it would look like a slice of Swiss cheese. He is skilled in the use of flash and bluster to camouflage his factholes. When people find how they have been duped, they will sometimes refer to Tim as a certain variety of hole. Etymology:<\/em> fact (a thing that is indisputably the case) + holes (hollow places in a solid body or surface) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

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

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-23: 01:14:00<\/em>
Into the void!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Skimportune<\/strong>: \/skimp-or-tune<\/em>\/ Sally became the not so proud owner of a plastic water bottle facility after the salesman skimportuned her to buy it for the sake of hygiene. He neglected to tell her that water bottles were now banned in her country. Etymology:<\/em> skimp (scanty) + importune (solicit pressingly) Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

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

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-20: 08:36:00<\/em>
exsellent!<\/p>\n

TJayzz<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-20: 12:09:00<\/em>
Good one!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shambassador<\/strong>: \/sham bass a door<\/em>\/ Shambassador to the Divided Nations, Vdy Darkneibour sent his envoy to the centre of the Black Sea to campaign for detonation of nuckelhead weapons from any of the nations\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 nucklehead submarines. Etymology:<\/em> shambassador is from sham (deliberately deceive or fake) and ambassador (a “spokesperson” or promoter). Created by:<\/em> splendiction.<\/p>\n

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

Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-20: 22:59:00<\/em>
shambitious word!<\/p>\n

metrohumanx<\/a><\/strong>, 2009-02-23: 01:09:00<\/em>
Love this word. Great Historical-geographical refs!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=stimulus<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
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DEFINITION: v. To win approval by carefully omitting any and all facts which may put the “correct” decision in jeopardy. n. A form of persuasion, or perhaps deceit, which is based on selective omissions. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Deleteful: \/de LETE full\/ The guy I am now dating is delightful, but … Continue reading Deleteful: But why did you say “yes”?<\/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\/563"}],"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=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}