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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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Chronomancy
Created by: Scattercat
Pronunciation: KROH-noh-man-see
Sentence: A bit of skillful chronomancy, and little Bobby was Robert, old enough to buy cigs for his classmates.
Etymology: Chronos, from the Greek, meaning time, and the -mancy ending, which is generally associated with magic or wizardry.
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COMMENTS:
Brilliant. - ErWenn, 2007-05-30: 03:41:00
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Hallucinaging
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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Misagery
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mis/age/er/ee
Sentence: Misagery is a common practice among first year college and university students using fake I.D.'s to gain access to bars near the campus.
Etymology: MISAGERY - noun - from MIS (wrong; amiss) + AGE (a period measured by years from birth) + FORGERY (something counterfeit, or fraudulent)
Liedentitycard
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: lye den tit eeee kard
Sentence: Being eaten by short sighted cannibals was not the most wonderful of ends, but she did have the posthumous last laugh when the chief choked on a barticularly tough piece of her liver, having trusted the date on her liedentity card.
Etymology: identity card, lie
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COMMENTS:
well aged...good one! - Nosila, 2009-12-10: 14:53:00
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Prevarichronospin
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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Alienify
Created by: AcesOfHearts
Pronunciation: Alien-If-I
Sentence: I alienified myself to get into a party.
Etymology: Alien-of another
Chwrong
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: KRAHNG
Sentence: Little did Alex realise when he asked out the "non-traditional" grad student that she had a child almost as old as he--a classic case of chwrong.
Etymology: chrono- + wrong
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COMMENTS:
Dang it, it would have been clearer as "chwrongology". - mplsbohemian, 2007-05-29: 13:08:00
That starts to sound a bit Welsh, though. - Scattercat, 2007-05-29: 14:05:00
if you ever want to update your word just click 'edit' and then click 'oops i want to change the spelling'.. - rikboyee, 2007-05-29: 20:01:00
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Agejest
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: age-jest
Sentence: She was sure that confidence was the only important element when trying to agejest your way into a club. Too bad she looked nothing like her fake id photo.
Etymology: Age + Jest (to do something meant to be funny), also a pun on ageist - to discriminate based on chronological age
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COMMENTS:
nice - suzanne, 2007-05-29: 08:03:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-29: 12:21:00
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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