{"id":865,"date":"2010-02-18T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=865"},"modified":"2010-02-18T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T17:00:03","slug":"homeevashun-i-think-hes-pretending-that-no-one-is-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=865","title":{"rendered":"Homeevashun: I think he&#8217;s pretending that no one is home."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em>, To avoid unwanted interruptions (visits, calls, or emails) by pretending to be unavailable, unreachable or unconscious. <em>n.<\/em>, A person who pretends they are not home in order to avoid talking to someone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/blank.gif\" alt=\"I think he's pretending that no one is home.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Homeevashun<\/strong>:  \/<em>hohmi-vey-shun<\/em>\/ Whenever a topic comes up at a staff meeting that he knows little about and can&#8217;t talk about for four hours, Bob goes into his homeevadshun mode shutting out everything and everyone.<\/p>\n<p> <em>Etymology:<\/em>  HOMEEVADSHUN &#8211; play on HOME INVASION<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fakecant<\/strong>:  \/<em>fake-cant<\/em>\/ You could tell by the fakecant look on Bob&#8217;s face that he was either trying to avoid contact with the rest of us or he was called back to his home planet.  Either way, he wasn&#8217;t missed. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  fake: having a false or deceiving appearance + vacant: not occupied, empty <em>Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Circumvenshun<\/strong>:  \/<em>sir kum ven shun<\/em>\/ Wally hated people bugging him at home. It did not matter whether it was on the phone, e-mail or at the door, he had the act of circumvenshun down to a fine art. People thought he was eccentric or occupied with some big hush-hush project. The reality was that Wally hated missing a moment of his daytime dramas.  Yes, he watched every soap opera on the tube, every day. One could say that Wally was Young &amp; Restless, he was living the Days of Our Lives to the fullest, his tv friends were like All My Children. He was not Bold &amp; Beautiful, but if he had One Life to Live, As the World Turns, he was going to end up in General Hospital if he did not get some exercise!  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Circumvention (the act of evading) &amp; Shun (avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of)<br \/>\n <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motherducker<\/strong>:  \/<em>mu ther DUK er<\/em>\/ Conn manages to be &#8220;sick&#8221; every year during inventory week.  This is the fourth year that he&#8217;s stayed home while the rest of us have to climb ladders with pen and paper and count every stinking widget on those dusty shelves.  He doesn&#8217;t even try to be creative any more &#8211; he&#8217;s like, &#8220;Still have the flu&#8230; yeah, that&#8217;s the ticket&#8230;.&#8221;  I can&#8217;t believe the boss STILL hasn&#8217;t caught on to that lazy motherducker. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  duck (to dodge, evade) + mother*ucker <em>Created by:<\/em> karenanne.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Motherducker:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2010-02-16: 03:32:00<\/em> <br \/>love it!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=blank\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=blank<\/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 avoid unwanted interruptions (visits, calls, or emails) by pretending to be unavailable, unreachable or unconscious. n., A person who pretends they are not home in order to avoid talking to someone. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Homeevashun: \/hohmi-vey-shun\/ Whenever a topic comes up at a staff meeting that he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=865\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Homeevashun: I think he&#8217;s pretending that no one is home.<\/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\/865"}],"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=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}