{"id":98,"date":"2007-06-04T23:59:27","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T03:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2007-06-04T23:59:27","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T03:59:27","slug":"thats-cool-technology-its-my-deodorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s cool technology! It&#8217;s my deodorant."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v. intr.<\/em> To obsess over, and fantasize about electronic gadgets even though you can never figure out how they actually work. <em>n.<\/em> A beautiful but useless gadget.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/lists\/images\/jimage\/gadget.png\" alt=\"That's cool technology! It's my deodorant.\" 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>Gizmotional<\/strong>:  \/<em>giz-mo-shun-uhl<\/em>\/ Bob became gizmotional and overwhelmed with gadgeglee upon opening his new 10-in-one remote control, until he realized the only button he recognized was &#8220;On&#8221;. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  gizmo, emotional <em>Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Gearoused<\/strong>:  \/<em>geer-OWzed<\/em>\/ Despite her Luddite leanings, she became increasingly gearoused with  every page turn of her Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  gear + aroused <em>Created by:<\/em> Katisms1.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Yabadabadoodad<\/strong>:  \/<em>ya-ba-da-ba-do-dad<\/em>\/ Fred kept tripping over his big flat feet every time he encountered a new yabadabadoodad. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  doodad + yabadabadoo <em>Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><strong>Gizbo<\/strong>:  \/<em>giz-bo<\/em>\/ His latest gizbo was a beautiful oak stand with a built in light to hold and display his pet rock. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  gizmo + bimbo <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/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=gadget\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=gadget<\/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: v. intr. To obsess over, and fantasize about electronic gadgets even though you can never figure out how they actually work. n. A beautiful but useless gadget. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Gizmotional: \/giz-mo-shun-uhl\/ Bob became gizmotional and overwhelmed with gadgeglee upon opening his new 10-in-one remote control, until he realized &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=98\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">That&#8217;s cool technology! It&#8217;s my deodorant.<\/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\/98"}],"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=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}