{"id":7,"date":"2007-03-02T15:51:38","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T19:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2007-03-31T16:30:29","modified_gmt":"2007-03-31T20:30:29","slug":"why-do-you-keep-looking-at-your-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=7","title":{"rendered":"Why&#8230; do&#8230; you&#8230; keep&#8230; looking&#8230; at&#8230; your&#8230; watch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly through long explications, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/talker.png\" alt=\"Why...  do...  you...  keep... looking... at... your...  watch?\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Insomniyack<\/strong>:  \/<em>in-som-ni-yak<\/em>\/ Chris was a motivational speaker at sleep deprivation conferences &#8211; his sessions always sold out first <em>Etymology:<\/em>  insomnia + yack <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Dallygabber<\/strong>:  \/<em>dal-ly-gab-ber<\/em>\/ It took Frank, a classic dallygabber, three minutes to say what most people could in thirty seconds. It became so frustrating that everyone was finishing his sentences for him. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  dally + gab + gabber <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Slowspoke<\/strong>:  \/<em>slow-spoke (said very slowly with long drawn out syllables &#8211; OK you figured it out long ago)<\/em>\/ Colin was a renowned slowspoke, and could never work out why his conversants kept toe-tapping or clock-watching or finger-drumming. <em>Etymology:<\/em> slow poke (a dawdler) + spoke (past tense of speak) + slow (not quick witted esp. not realising that the audience already understands) <em>Created by:<\/em> petaj.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Monotonacity<\/strong>:  \/<em>mon-O-tone-as-city<\/em>\/ Jill spoke to David with monotonacity, determined to make her point, droning on and on till David finally fell asleep. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  monotone\/tenacity,persistant determination <em>Created by:<\/em> toadstool57.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=talker\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=talker<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Be Creative,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">James<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly through long explications, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Insomniyack: \/in-som-ni-yak\/ Chris was a motivational speaker at sleep deprivation conferences &#8211; his sessions always sold out first Etymology: insomnia + yack Created &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=7\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why&#8230; do&#8230; you&#8230; keep&#8230; looking&#8230; at&#8230; your&#8230; watch?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7"}],"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=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}