{"id":728,"date":"2009-09-02T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=728"},"modified":"2009-09-02T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T16:00:05","slug":"yapendectomy-im-getting-my-vocal-cords-tuned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Yapendectomy: I&#8217;m getting my vocal cords tuned!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> A non-threatening term to describe the procedure of cutting vocal cords on yappy dogs, which makes it sound like a good thing &#8212; after all, they will never bark again. <em>v.<\/em> To remove the vocal chords.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/yappy.gif\" alt=\"I'm getting my vocal cords tuned!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yapendectomy<\/strong>:  \/<em>yap pen dek toe mee<\/em>\/ Fifi was so excited.  She loved going in the car with her &#8220;Mommy&#8221;. A car ride meant a run in the off-leash park or a free dog cone from Dairy Queen. Today Mommy had told her she was going to get a yapendectomy&#8230;she was so excited she barked all the way there. When they pulled up to the building, Fifi realized it was the same place where her brother Rover had gone when he had gotten tutored! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Yap (bark in a high-pitched tone)&amp; Appendectomy (surgical removal of the vermiform appendix) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Yapendectomy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=artr\">artr<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-08-31: 06:33:00<\/em> <br \/>Great, now my kid won&#8217;t go to his tutor!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Frogmentation<\/strong>:  \/<em>fr\u00c3\u00b4gment\u00c4\u0081sh\u00c9\u2122n<\/em>\/ When anybody asked, Rudy told people that had undergone a vocal frogmentation. He felt that it sounded less extreme and less selfish then having the vocal cords of his yappy little dog cut. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Frog [in the throat] (Temporary hoarseness caused by phlegm in the back of the throat) + augmentation (improvement) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yippysnippy<\/strong>:  \/<em>yip-py-snip-py<\/em>\/ Owner:  &#8220;Peanut, your incessant barking has kept me from sleep too often.  It&#8217;s time to go to the vet and see what can be done.&#8221;<br \/>\nPeanut:  &#8220;Yippysnippy&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  wordplay on Yippy-Skippy &#8212; a sarcastic answer to anything you have to do or something that doesn&#8217;t sound fun.  Also can be used when you don&#8217;t give a damn about something and want to use sarcasm (Urban dictionary). Yip: the shrill bark of a small dog + Snip: to sever with a small cut or incision <em>Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Yippysnippy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-08-31: 13:23:00<\/em> <br \/>Skippy peanut butter&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Woofediting<\/strong>:  \/<em>wuf &#8211; edet &#8211; ting<\/em>\/ Sparky was excited to go for woofediting.  He thought it meant that he would emerge with a smooth, silky voice that would fit with his image&#8230;.as a &#8220;Dog About Town&#8221;. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  woof, editing <em>Created by:<\/em> mweinmann.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=yappy\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=yappy<\/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 non-threatening term to describe the procedure of cutting vocal cords on yappy dogs, which makes it sound like a good thing &#8212; after all, they will never bark again. v. To remove the vocal chords. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Yapendectomy: \/yap pen dek toe mee\/ Fifi was so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=728\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yapendectomy: I&#8217;m getting my vocal cords tuned!<\/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\/728"}],"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=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}