{"id":872,"date":"2010-02-25T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=872"},"modified":"2010-02-25T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T17:00:04","slug":"misstention-let-me-hold-the-door-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=872","title":{"rendered":"Misstention: Let me hold the door for you…"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.<\/em>, A gallant gesture which does not produce the desired effect because of poor execution. v.<\/em>, To offer a small gesture of assistance, which backfires as you trip over your own kind intentions. <\/p>\n

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VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Misstention<\/strong>: \/miss ten shun<\/em>\/ Leonard always meant well, but in his hurry to impress the fairer sex, his good deeds turned into the misstention kind. His awkward attempts at basic gallantry often came back to bite him. For instance, he tried to impress Mary Jane, the cute new receptionist by holding the revolving door open, only to get his head caught in it. Then when they got up to the office, he leaned on the wall to talk to her and set off the fire alarm. The final misstention was when he bought her a nice hot latte and accidently spilled it all over her new dress, computer keyboard and important report the boss was waiting on. Yes, sometimes the road to Hell is indeed paved with misstentions… Etymology:<\/em> Miss (fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind;fail to reach or get to) & Intention (an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out;an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions) Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

Benevoloser<\/strong>: \/b\u00c9\u2122nev\u00c9\u2122lo\u00c5\u008dz\u00c9\u2122r<\/em>\/ Despite his illusions, Charley is a benevoloser. When Cindy broke up with her boyfriend he envisioned himself as her knight in shining armor. He had her over for a gourmet meal where he started by spilling wine on her and ended by tripping and knocking her off her chair. Instead of sweeping her off her feet and winning her heart, he knocked her to the floor and sat on her spleen. Etymology:<\/em> benevolent (well meaning and kindly) + loser (failure) Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n

Urbean<\/strong>: \/ur-bean<\/em>\/ John’s attempt to be urbane, chivalrous, courteous, polite and just plain well-mannered became urbean when his head got jammed in the doorway helping a damsel in distress. <\/p>\n

Etymology:<\/em> URBEAN – noun – from URBANE (polite, refined and often elegant in manner) + MR. BEAN
\n Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n

Mannerd<\/strong>: \/man-nerd<\/em>\/ Even though Sal was a brilliant rocket scientist, he was totally inept in social situations, especially when it came to his approach to women. In his dreams he was dashing, witty and chivalrous, but the reality was that he was well-mannerd because his attempts to be polite and helpful were so awkward. Etymology:<\/em> mannered (well) polite, courteous + nerd: socially inept Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

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James<\/p>\n

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DEFINITION: n., A gallant gesture which does not produce the desired effect because of poor execution. v., To offer a small gesture of assistance, which backfires as you trip over your own kind intentions. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Misstention: \/miss ten shun\/ Leonard always meant well, but in his hurry to … Continue reading Misstention: Let me hold the door for you…<\/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\/872"}],"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=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}