{"id":717,"date":"2009-08-18T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2009-08-18T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T16:00:05","slug":"communescapetion-i-can-word-back-everything-you-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=717","title":{"rendered":"Communescapetion: I can word back everything you repeat."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To engage in conversation while using a technical device, like a TV or computer, to keep you sharp, in case the discussion gets dull. <em>n.<\/em> A two-way conversation which is technically one-sided.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/listen.gif\" alt=\"I can word back everything you repeat.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Communescapetion<\/strong>:  \/<em>komm mee yoon es kayp shun<\/em>\/ Dora told Diego, &#8220;We need to talk&#8230;&#8221; Diego hated conversations that started this way, because he knew he was in trouble for something or would have to make big, grown-up decisions or commitments. His favourite ploy was to get busy on his tv\/computer etc. so that he had a communescapetion device.  Too bad that Dora was smart enough to disable all his cyber-escape toys before their &#8220;chat&#8221;. You can&#8217;t really blame her&#8230;it was a big deal telling this nerd he would have to grow up and be an adult Daddy to a new little nerd!  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Communication (be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas) &amp; Escape (an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy;remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Converspacetion<\/strong>:  \/<em>con-ver-space-shon<\/em>\/ Having a conversation with Jim was more like having a converspacetion.  His addiction to the SciFi channel kept his mind in a galaxy far, far away.  Jen found it difficult to talk  to him about their relationship when he was wearing his Mr.Spock ears.  &#8220;But Honey,&#8221; he grinned, &#8220;how can you say I&#8217;m not listening?  I&#8217;m all ears!&#8221;  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  conversation + space (as in space cadet-unfocused, inattentive) <em>Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Converspacetion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=jrogan\">jrogan<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-08-14: 08:37:00<\/em> <br \/>Sounds like Jim has lots of space between his ears<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-08-14: 12:17:00<\/em> <br \/>He won&#8217;t live long and prosper&#8230;logical word and sentence, Earthling!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pignore<\/strong>:  \/<em>pig-nor<\/em>\/ John&#8217;s wife would talk, and talk, and talk. But he didn&#8217;t mind. He just pignored her, and nodded while he played hangman on his iphone. He didn&#8217;t even notice when she unplugged it &#8212; the batteries were still half full. And he had just figured out the last letter when she wrapped the cord tightly around his neck. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  pi (the number 3.14159265, a symbol for techies)+ pig + ignore <em>Created by:<\/em> jrogan.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Pignore:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-08-14: 12:19:00<\/em> <br \/>easy as<br \/>\nPi&#8230;good word!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ichatter<\/strong>:  \/<em>\u00c4\u00abchat\u00c9\u2122r<\/em>\/ Sitting in front of his iMac, with his iPhone at his side and iPod plugged into his head, William was more than capable of iChatter. What he can\\&#8217;t do all that well is iThink. That might require a different device, perhaps an iHaveToUseOnMyOwnBrain.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  I (pronoun used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself) + chatter (talk rapidly or incessantly about trivial matters) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=listen\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=listen<\/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 engage in conversation while using a technical device, like a TV or computer, to keep you sharp, in case the discussion gets dull. n. A two-way conversation which is technically one-sided. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Communescapetion: \/komm mee yoon es kayp shun\/ Dora told Diego, &#8220;We need to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=717\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Communescapetion: I can word back everything you repeat.<\/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\/717"}],"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=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}