{"id":980,"date":"2010-07-14T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2010-07-14T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T16:00:05","slug":"admomish-youre-perfect-but-you-just-dont-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=980","title":{"rendered":"Admomish: You&#8217;re perfect, but you just don&#8217;t listen!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em> To be offered regular encouragement, unwavering support and subtle but unrelenting criticism based on the worry that you may not be realizing your &#8220;full potential&#8221;.   <em>n.<\/em> The helpful but sometimes annoying advice given by a mother to a child.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/maternal.gif\" alt=\"You're perfect, but you just don't listen!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Admomish<\/strong>:  \/<em>ad-mom-ish<\/em>\/ Lena knew that to raise her son properly she would have to encourage him and admomish him daily, even if he didn&#8217;t want her advice and council. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  admonish: to reprove gently but earnestly, expression of criticism + mom <em>Created by:<\/em> mrskellyscl.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Admomish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=galwaywegian\">galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2010-07-12: 09:29:00<\/em> <br \/>nice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Recommomdations<\/strong>:  \/<em>rek\u00c9\u2122m\u00c3\u00a4md\u00c4\u0081sh\u00c9\u2122nz<\/em>\/ Tim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mother is always ready with recommomdations for just about everything he does. The recipe? One part advice and one part criticism. Tim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s formula? Two parts ignore! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  recommendation (advise or suggest something as a course of action) + mom (one&#8217;s mother) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentormenting<\/strong>:  \/<em>men tor men ting<\/em>\/ Since he was small, Joey&#8217;s Mama was on his case to do better and make her proud. Although she always gave him a kiss after, she used the mentormenting style of coaching for her baby boy. When he got 98% on his tests, she&#8217;d say things like &#8220;That&#8217;s great, but why didn&#8217;t you get 100%?&#8221; Despite her he went into politics and eventually was voted Vice President, an awesome accomplishment. But of course, although proud of him, she still wants to know why he didn&#8217;t make it to President!  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Mentor (a wise and trusted guide and advisor) &amp; Tormenting (extreme mental distress;the act of harassing someone;torment emotionally or mentally) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=maternal\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=maternal<\/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 be offered regular encouragement, unwavering support and subtle but unrelenting criticism based on the worry that you may not be realizing your &#8220;full potential&#8221;. n. The helpful but sometimes annoying advice given by a mother to a child. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Admomish: \/ad-mom-ish\/ Lena knew that to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=980\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Admomish: You&#8217;re perfect, but you just don&#8217;t listen!<\/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\/980"}],"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=980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}