{"id":813,"date":"2009-12-10T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=813"},"modified":"2009-12-10T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T17:00:03","slug":"feignthusiasm-a-nose-bidet-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=813","title":{"rendered":"Feignthusiasm: A nose bidet? Great&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To pretend to be enthusiastic even when you are not, simply because everyone else is. <em>n.<\/em> Fake enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/bidet.gif\" alt=\"A nose bidet? Great...\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feignthusiasm<\/strong>:  \/<em>fayn thoo zee azim<\/em>\/ Fay found it hard to get excited about the nose bidet fad. She showed feignthusiasm when all her friends tried it and swore it was the greatest new thing since sliced bread. She thought this new fad was icky. In reality, it was an ancient method used in bygone cultures to rinse out the nose. It was inevitable that this fad would return. In fact, it was predicted to return now by none other than the Great Nostrildamus. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Feign (make believe with the intent to deceive;make a pretence of) &amp; Enthusiasm (a lively interest;eagerness;exuberance;a feeling of excitement)  <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Feignthusiasm:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Tigger\">Tigger<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-12-08: 02:05:00<\/em> <br \/>Nostrildamus!  Love it!  Hey, any relation, Nosie?  <\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-12-08: 13:11:00<\/em> <br \/>heh<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-12-08: 16:13:00<\/em> <br \/>Nore like Noseferatu!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Actstatic<\/strong>:  \/<em>act-stat-ik<\/em>\/ With all the enthusiasm and peersure from his friends, he decided to be actstatic in the silly escapade.<\/p>\n<p> <em>Etymology:<\/em>  act + ecstatic<\/p>\n<p> <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Actstatic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-12-08: 09:28:00<\/em> <br \/>Actsellent word!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-12-08: 13:11:00<\/em> <br \/>nice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Fauxnaticism<\/strong>:  \/<em>foh-NAT-uh-siz-um<\/em>\/ &#8216;I don&#8217;t think I like wearing these orange robes,&#8217; Donald reflected, as he chanted &#8220;Hare Krishna&#8221; along with his two new friends at the airport, &#8216;and baldness doesn&#8217;t really suit me either.&#8217;  But as a passerby dropped a coin into his bowl, his friends both gave him encouraging smiles, and in his fauxnaticism, all his doubts were quickly forgotten.   <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Faux (artificial or imitation; fake) &amp; Fanaticism (excessive, irrational zeal). <em>Created by:<\/em> Tigger.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Fauxnaticism:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Nosila\">Nosila<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2009-12-08: 09:27:00<\/em> <br \/>Fauxntastic!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Feignwagon<\/strong>:  \/<em>f\u00c4\u0081nwag\u00c9\u2122n<\/em>\/ C4PO and his little buddy Me2me2 were some of the first to jump on the feignwagon. All their human friends were so passionate about getting tattoos that they felt the need to join the fervor. The closest they could come was to get stencils. WooHoo! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  feign (indulge in pretense) + bandwagon (a particular activity or cause that has suddenly become fashionable or popular) <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=bidet\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=bidet<\/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 pretend to be enthusiastic even when you are not, simply because everyone else is. n. Fake enthusiasm. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Feignthusiasm: \/fayn thoo zee azim\/ Fay found it hard to get excited about the nose bidet fad. She showed feignthusiasm when all her friends tried it and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=813\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Feignthusiasm: A nose bidet? Great&#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":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813"}],"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=813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}