Verboticisms

Created by: loribethinbaltimore

Pronunciation: [ay-jur-eyez]

Sentence: JOB APPLICATION: Have you ever been found guilty of any criminal activity? "Yes. One count of agerism."

Etymology: Age + Plagerism = Agerism (noun) Verb = Agerize

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Created by: ashrogers1734

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COMMENTS:

what is this. - 719985, 2014-02-06: 14:55:00

Do you even etymology, son?! - 719985, 2014-02-06: 14:57:00

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Created by: fieldman

Pronunciation: D-O-B-ception

Sentence: I think I have been the victim of D-O-B-ception.

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Created by: AcesOfHearts

Pronunciation: Alien-If-I

Sentence: I alienified myself to get into a party.

Etymology: Alien-of another

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: All-turr-ay-gif-i

Sentence: When Simon and Linda went on their first date, she told him that she was only 34 years old, when, in fact, she was nearer 45. When he eventually found out the truth he dumped her on the spot. She vowed from that day on she would never alterageify ever again.

Etymology: Alter (to change) ORIGIN alterare from alter 'other' + Age (the length of time a person or thing has existed) ORIGIN Old French, from latin aevum 'age,era'. + Falsify (alter(information) so as to mislead) = Alterageify

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COMMENTS:

nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-23: 12:08:00

Looks good. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:51:00

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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

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: PREE-VARI-CRONE-OH- SPIN

Sentence: When dreary old rat faced Pat was pulled over by the Paramus police, she fumbled for her poorly-doctored driver's license and tried to turn on her nonexistant charm. Although she was older than hair, losing her eyesight and driving at the speed of a glacier, she tried to use PREVARICHRONOSPIN to convince the officer that she was NOT enfeebled by her many bitter years of ineffectual lies, duplicity and hands-on cellphone driving...................... "Lady, don't try to PREVARICHRONOSPIN your way out of this !" said the irate trafficop............... "You're a disgrace as a forger, and a pain to meet on the streets of this basically clean town."

Etymology: PREVARicate: to lie+................... CHRONOs: the personification of time+.. SPIN: to create an illusion for the porpoises of image enhancement.(whew)

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COMMENTS:

http://www.alltooflat.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-07-23: 00:36:00

It's taught me to RESPECT the Romans! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-23: 00:37:00

great paragraph - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-23: 12:10:00

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Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: hə-lū'sə-nā'ging

Sentence: Edith was obviously hallucinaging when she thought that by putting blonde hilights in her blue hair she would look 35.

Etymology: Blend of Hallucinate + Age

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COMMENTS:

love the way you think - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-23: 12:10:00

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Created by: cohenarie

Pronunciation: per-'joo-ven-ate

Sentence: Because she worked in Hollywood, Julie felt constant pressure to perjuvenate - she wasn't ready to become a 'character' actress just yet.

Etymology: perjury + juvenile, with maybe a hint of renovate

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: kruh-noh-foh-nah-key-shuhn

Sentence: Kate's chronophonication can vary greatly depending on the audience. On her favorite dating website, she will shave off a decade or more. When a senior discount is involved, she will age dramatically.

Etymology: chronology (the sequential order in which past events occur) + phony (not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit) + communication (the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs)

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COMMENTS:

Reminds me of 'Californication'... :) - Discoveria, 2012-09-25: 11:08:00

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