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DEFINITION: v. To lie about your age. n. A misrepresentation about your age, usually done in order to appear younger or older.
Verboticisms
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Mesoperjury
Created by: 718114
Pronunciation: ME-SO-PER-JUR-Y
Sentence: The teenager committed mesoperjury in order to illegally buy beer.
Etymology: Meso: Age Perjury: dishonesty
Mendagecious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: men dayj shus
Sentence: When it came to seeking the Fountain of Youth, our Granny could be very mandagecious. She would even pay service workers in bars, restaurants and liquor stores to card her...they loved the extra money and she loved everyone thinking she was under age!
Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally lying;given to untruths) & Age (how long someone or something has existed)
Agebeforetruthy
Created by: suzanne
Pronunciation: ay-j-bee-fohr-ture-tee
Sentence: the singles mixer showed that the venal sin of agebeforetruthy was mainly confined to women whilst fewstrandsoftruth was committed by the men.
Etymology: age- the time an object has been deteriorating on this planet. truthy - veracity.
Turnemit
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: turrn emm it
Sentence: he was sure that his new girdle would help him turnemit at the discoteche, but the cute ones still offered him a seat when he arrived.
Etymology: turn, time backwards (emit)
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COMMENTS:
I like your thinking on this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-29: 12:19:00
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Bluffspan
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: bluff-span
Sentence: My grandma bluffspanned for her last 20 years. She never got any older than eighty - very deceightyful. Yes she lived to a feignoldage.
Etymology: bluff + lifespan
Fakeherage
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: fake-her-age
Sentence: Ms. Edna Sky flew through TSA security with her fakeherage ID as the agents giggled...knowing she was not twenty-one.
Etymology: Fake- One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham. Her- Refers to a female person. Age- The length of time that one has existed; duration of life.
Adultergate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/dult/ur/gayte
Sentence: Sally tried to adultergate her age by shopping at GAP for kids but even though her small frame fit the no iron clothes she always looked wrinkled.
Etymology: aduterate (falsify) + adult + watergate (in this case referring to a cover up)
Whoppage
Created by: renzeb
Pronunciation: Wah-pij
Sentence: Sandy's whoppage fooled the bouncer into letting her into the club.
Etymology: Whopper+age
Truncdate
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: trunk-date
Sentence: Her face looked like a thousand miles of bad road; why did she feel the need to truncdate and say she was 30?
Etymology: truncate, date
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COMMENTS:
oooh - maybe she was young and beautiful on the inside - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-29: 15:48:00
Maybe she'd travelled a thousand miles of bad road in the trunk! - petaj, 2007-05-30: 05:12:00
petaj - you have a very vivid imagination!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-30: 10:47:00
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Manipulage
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ma-nip-u-lage
Sentence: Grandma could manipulage herself when it suited her. She carried an old ID card in her wallet so that when she went to the singles dances at the firehall she could show that she was still a young chick, but at the mall she had her AARP ID to prove that she was eligible for her senior discount.
Etymology: manipulate: to tamper with or falsify for personal gain + age
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COMMENTS:
manipulant word - Nosila, 2009-12-10: 09:21:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ohwtepph. Thank you ohwtepph! ~ James
texmom - 2007-05-29: 12:16:00
I like it.
Jabberwocky - 2007-05-29: 12:29:00
Is it just coincidental or is Edna Sky's name an anagram for ask deny
Hey Texmom, Thanks for the positive feeback! ~ James
Dear Jabberwocky, You certainly have a sharp eye for letters! It is accidental anagram. I created the name so she would sound old (edna/enda) and young (sky/kys) at the same time --> enda kys = last kiss. ~ James
LOVELY word, misagery...intuitive,impeccable etymology, and unlike my word, mercifully brief.
Today's definition was suggested by ohwtepph. Thank you ohwtepph. ~ James