{"id":635,"date":"2009-05-15T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=635"},"modified":"2009-05-15T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T15:00:02","slug":"multitaxed-please-dont-try-to-watch-tv-and-eat-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=635","title":{"rendered":"Multitaxed: Please don&#8217;t try to watch TV and eat at the same time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> A person who gets completely disoriented whenever they try to do more that one thing at a time. <em>v.<\/em> To make a big mess because you are trying to do too many things at once.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/watch.gif\" alt=\"Please don't try to watch TV and eat at the same time!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Multitaxed<\/strong>:  \/<em>mul-ti-tasked<\/em>\/ Richard was so inept at multitasking that he was obviously multitaxed. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  multitask: the ability do several things at once &#8212; the word is derived from a computer term that means the concurrent operation by one central processing unit of two or more processes. + taxed:  to use to the limit; to strain or extend <em>Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Multitaxed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-05-13: 07:59:00<\/em> <br \/>No doubt a new government scheme.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-05-13: 08:52:00<\/em> <br \/>nice one<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ambimesstrous<\/strong>:  \/<em>am bee mess truss<\/em>\/ Most women who are charged with a career, raising a family and keeping a home are ambidextrous multitaskers.  Unfortunately, opposites attract, so they tend to get mates who are ambimesstrous. While the woman feeds a baby, irons a shirt for work, packs the lunches, cooks breakfast and ices the cupcakes for kindergarten, the husband stands in front of an open fridge, in front of the milk, shouting &#8220;Honey, where&#8217;s the milk to put in my coffee, I can&#8217;t see it anywhere?&#8221; He&#8217;s not dressed yet, because she has not told him what to wear and where to find it and he ignores the starving cat and dog, who just want fresh water and food.  They know that Mom will get it for them in a moment&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Ambidextrous(equally skillful with each hand) &amp; Mess (a state of confusion and disorderliness; informal terms for a difficult situation;make a mess of or create disorder in)  <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Ambimesstrous:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=emdeejay\">emdeejay<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-05-13: 02:35:00<\/em> <br \/>Very funny! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Mustang\">Mustang<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-05-13: 07:57:00<\/em> <br \/>I can identify.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pluralost<\/strong>:  \/<em>ploo-ral-ost<\/em>\/ Carter had to leave the orienteering club because he could not read a map, use a compass, carry a pack and observe the position of the sun at the same time to figure out his location. He was a pluralost. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  plural (more than one) + -ist (suffix as in pianist) + lost (disoriented) <em>Created by:<\/em> petaj.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Pluralost:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=hyperborean\">hyperborean<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-05-14: 12:35:00<\/em> <br \/>Good job!  I was pluralost trying to figure out a word for this definition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Discombotchulated<\/strong>:  \/<em>diss-com-BOCH-yew-lay-ted<\/em>\/ Normally a very handy and well coordinated guy,  whenever he tried to do even minor multitasking Boris would become totally discombotchulated and as often as not would end up with things broken,  spilled, torn or ruined.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Play on the word discombobulated,  with &#8216;botch&#8217; an inclusion. <em>Created by:<\/em> Mustang.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Discombotchulated:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-05-13: 19:17:00<\/em> <br \/>There are many Boris&#8217; in the world!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-05-14: 14:48:00<\/em> <br \/>love it<\/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=watch\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=watch<\/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: n. A person who gets completely disoriented whenever they try to do more that one thing at a time. v. To make a big mess because you are trying to do too many things at once. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Multitaxed: \/mul-ti-tasked\/ Richard was so inept at multitasking that he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=635\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Multitaxed: Please don&#8217;t try to watch TV and eat at the same time!<\/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\/635"}],"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=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}