{"id":933,"date":"2010-05-13T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=933"},"modified":"2010-05-13T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T16:00:05","slug":"polycrastinator-just-a-second-i-have-call-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=933","title":{"rendered":"Polycrastinator: Just a second, I have call waiting…"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> n.<\/em> A person who engages themselves in several different communication channels at the same time, without paying attention to any of them v.<\/em> To constantly switch your focus between cellphone calls, text messages, emails, and anything else that beeps. <\/p>\n

\"Just<\/p>\n

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

Polycrastinator<\/strong>: \/-po-li-kras-t\u00c9\u2122-n\u00c4\u0081t-or-<\/em>\/ Unlike their kinfolk – PROcrastinators (i.e. those who do nothing all day), POLYcrastinators can do many nothings all at once, which makes them look extremely busy and productive. Etymology:<\/em> POLY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c (fr. Greek) many;
\nCRASTINUS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c (fr. Lat) tomorrow, next day, future
\n Created by:<\/em> XMbIPb.<\/p>\n

Flippoyant<\/strong>: \/ -\u00cb\u02c6fl\u00c9\u00aa.po-\u00c9\u2122nt-<\/em>\/ “My students exhibit a great deal of flippoyance during my lectures.”
\n“If Yuki wasn’t so flippoyant, I would enjoy spending time with her a lot more.” Etymology:<\/em> flippant: lacking respect or seriousness, showing levity; pert
\nflamboyant: showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc. Created by:<\/em> freiflug.<\/p>\n

Twittertasker<\/strong>: \/twit-ter-task-er<\/em>\/ Janie was such the twittertasker that some speculated she could update her facebook with the txt message she sent in response to the tweet from her from BFF in a matter of seconds. Etymology:<\/em> Twitter- The popular micro-status site.<\/p>\n

Multitasker- A person capable of performing multiple actions and maintaining various priorities at the exact same moment. Created by:<\/em> cmonkey24.<\/p>\n

Transmissionary<\/strong>: \/trans mish shun aree<\/em>\/ Julie was incapabale of going anywhere without being plugged in electronically to the rest of the universe. She was a true tranmissionary, spreading the word of multitasking communications to the rest of the world. The only problem was that Julia’s real fix was not in reaching others to chat, but simply training her fingers to fly over keys as fast as she could. But Julia…do it in your home, not in your car! Hang up and drive! Etymology:<\/em> Transmission (the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted;an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted;communication by means of transmitted signals) & Missionary (someone sent on a mission, especially a religious or charitable mission <\/p>\n

Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

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Comments on Transmissionary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

XMbIPb<\/a><\/strong>, 2010-05-11: 18:44:00<\/em>
I loved the “missionary” part. Makes me think of a prior definition from two weeks ago (see: “coitentious”) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:

\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=just<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative, <\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
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DEFINITION: n. A person who engages themselves in several different communication channels at the same time, without paying attention to any of them v. To constantly switch your focus between cellphone calls, text messages, emails, and anything else that beeps. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Polycrastinator: \/-po-li-kras-t\u00c9\u2122-n\u00c4\u0081t-or-\/ Unlike their kinfolk – PROcrastinators … Continue reading Polycrastinator: Just a second, I have call waiting…<\/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\/933"}],"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=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}