{"id":704,"date":"2009-07-31T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=704"},"modified":"2009-07-31T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T16:00:07","slug":"shivalry-thank-goodness-rodney-went-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=704","title":{"rendered":"Shivalry: Thank goodness Rodney went first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To generously allow others to precede you in hopes that they will identify, reduce, and perhaps be eliminated by, the potential hazards. <em>n.<\/em> A gesture of courtesy which is really the lead-in to a trap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/mouse.gif\" alt=\"Thank goodness Rodney went first\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shivalry<\/strong>:  \/<em>shiv-ul-ree<\/em>\/ Tex thought it was awfully nice of Bubba to let him go out into the exercise yard before him, but as he emerged into the sunlight and saw a group of H Block inmates waiting for him, he realised it had simply been a case of shivalry. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  shiv [crude weapon], chivalry <em>Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protocull<\/strong>:  \/<em>proh-toh-cull<\/em>\/ In today&#8217;s competitive office environment it is important to follow the correct protocull (i.e. find some other sucker to tell the boss the bad news) in order to survive. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  protocol for culling <em>Created by:<\/em> jrogan.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Protocull:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=scrabbelicious\">scrabbelicious<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-29: 15:30:00<\/em> <br \/>1 Across: For zapping cyber viruses, perhaps (9). Good word I say!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Snaregiver<\/strong>:  \/<em>snair &#8211; giv &#8211; ur<\/em>\/ Marty was the ultimate snaregiver.  Under the pretense of being kind and loving, he let Arty take the first bite&#8230;. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  snare (trap: something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares), giver (someone who devotes himself completely), play on the word &#8220;caregiver&#8221; ( person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult ) <em>Created by:<\/em> mweinmann.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Snaregiver:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=splendiction\">splendiction<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-07-29: 20:05:00<\/em> <br \/>Excellent word!  One I will use!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Decoytesy<\/strong>:  \/<em>de-coy-tes-y<\/em>\/ Micky was given a great decoytesy when he was tricked into putting a bell on the cat by the mayor of the mouse kingdom. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  decoy:a means to mislead or lead into danger; entrap + courtesy: given or done as a polite gesture <em>Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=mouse\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=mouse<\/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 generously allow others to precede you in hopes that they will identify, reduce, and perhaps be eliminated by, the potential hazards. n. A gesture of courtesy which is really the lead-in to a trap. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Shivalry: \/shiv-ul-ree\/ Tex thought it was awfully nice of Bubba &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=704\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shivalry: Thank goodness Rodney went first<\/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\/704"}],"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=704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}