{"id":688,"date":"2009-07-13T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=688"},"modified":"2009-07-13T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T16:00:05","slug":"callvalry-the-thing-i-love-about-internet-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"Callvalry: The thing I love about internet dating&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To arrange with a friend to phone you with a &#8220;crisis&#8221; during a blind date, in case you need to make an emergency exit; <em>n.<\/em> A fake &#8220;emergency&#8221; phone call that is used to end a blind date.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/meating.gif\" alt=\"The thing I love about internet dating...\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Callvalry<\/strong>:  \/<em>call-var-ee<\/em>\/ Jen sent the callvalry to Anne just in time to rescue her from her blind date with the loser from the mailroom by pretending to be her sick grandmother. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Wordplay on Calvalry.  In old Western movies, the heroine was often rescued from peril in the nick of time by the calvalry coming over the hill to shoot or frighten away the bad guys. <em>Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Callvalry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-09: 11:07:00<\/em> <br \/>Good one&#8230;I wonder if they really played the trumpet as they rode into battle the way they do in the movies? I mean can you hold a horn and steer a horse at the same time? Probably no different than driving and talking on a cell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-09: 13:12:00<\/em> <br \/>clever<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Celltingency<\/strong>:  \/<em>cell-tin-gen-see<\/em>\/ Jenny always arranged with Marsha a celltingcy escape on all her first dates with the latest. Marsha was to call precisely thirty minutes after the arranged meeting time to give Jenny an emergency involving my best friend, in case the guy was another loser, or mental case.<\/p>\n<p> <em>Etymology:<\/em>  cell + contingency (conditional on something uncertain)  <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paramourgency<\/strong>:  \/<em>para merjin see<\/em>\/ When Tara met Gord, it was love at first fright.  She had arranged for her best friend, May, to call her to interrupt the date if it was a paramourgency&#8230;and sadly it was. Gord neither looked as good as his photo, displayed the same characteristics as his profile, nor smelled especially fresh, even if his moves were. She knew if she had to save herself, she would have to resort to divirginary tactics. It was definitely time for a May Day call to come in! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Paramour (a woman&#8217;s lover) &amp; Emergency (a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Paramourgency:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=splendiction\">splendiction<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-09: 12:00:00<\/em> <br \/>Hilarious! &#8211; especially the fresh moves and &#8216;divirginary tactics&#8217;!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Jabberwocky\">Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-09: 13:12:00<\/em> <br \/>great blend<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ringormorsos<\/strong>:  \/<em>ring-or-mors-us<\/em>\/ Since Julie wasn&#8217;t sure if she could let her phone ring or simply vibrate during the date she pleaded with her friend to ringormorsos her so she could make her escape if necessary.<br \/>\n <em>Etymology:<\/em>  ring + morse (as in morse code) + SOS + take on rigor mortis<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=meating\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=meating<\/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. To arrange with a friend to phone you with a &#8220;crisis&#8221; during a blind date, in case you need to make an emergency exit; n. A fake &#8220;emergency&#8221; phone call that is used to end a blind date. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Callvalry: \/call-var-ee\/ Jen sent the callvalry to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=688\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Callvalry: The thing I love about internet dating&#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\/688"}],"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=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}