{"id":85,"date":"2007-05-20T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T03:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2007-05-21T00:05:16","modified_gmt":"2007-05-21T04:05:16","slug":"its-for-you-tell-them-youre-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s for you. Tell them you&#8217;re busy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> To instinctively answer your cell phone ring, even when caught in a somewhat compromising position.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/call.png\" alt=\"It's for you. Tell them you're busy.\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Ringstinct<\/strong>:  \/<em>ring-stinct<\/em>\/ Jill interrupted a passionate kiss as her ringstinct kicked in, fumbling for the phone, she tells her man to hold the thought and they can resume the kiss as soon as she gets off the phone. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  ring\/instinct <em>Created by:<\/em> toadstool57.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Reflexcellegy<\/strong>:  \/<em>ree-flex-sell-e-gee<\/em>\/ Her reflexcellegy was so finely tuned that she would respond to ringtones under any circumstances, even when scuba diving  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  reflex + cell + reflexology (practice of stimulating nerves on the feet, hands and ears) <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Ringdrone<\/strong>:  \/<em>ring-drohn<\/em>\/ &#8220;Yes Master&#8221; the ringdrone responded to his cell phone <em>Etymology:<\/em>  ring tone + drone <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Technobliged<\/strong>:  \/<em>t\u00c4\u2022k&#8217;n\u00c9\u2122-bl\u00c4\u00ab-jd&#8217;<\/em>\/ despite my incapacitated state, the presence of my fully charged cell phone made me technobliged to answer. What if someone needed help&#8230;? I was technobligated, at the very least, to provide some minimal assistance&#8230; given my access to communication. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  technology + obligate (To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. etc. etc.) <em>Created by:<\/em> zrotv.<\/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=call\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=call<\/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: To instinctively answer your cell phone ring, even when caught in a somewhat compromising position. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Ringstinct: \/ring-stinct\/ Jill interrupted a passionate kiss as her ringstinct kicked in, fumbling for the phone, she tells her man to hold the thought and they can resume the kiss as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=85\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s for you. Tell them you&#8217;re busy.<\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"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=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}