Verboticisms

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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Created by: chrismduenas

Pronunciation: fact jed

Sentence:

Etymology: fake, aged

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COMMENTS:

fake, aged - chrismduenas, 2007-05-29: 02:49:00

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Fab-ri-cage-shun

Sentence: How my 4 year old brother got away with the fabricagetion and obtained beer at the gas station is beyond me.

Etymology: Fabrication (a false story) + age (length of time someone has lived)

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Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: lie-span

Sentence: I've got a feeling that 21 is your liespan, because you look about 8.

Etymology: Lifespan minus the 'f' = liespan

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: el + dur + lie

Sentence: She's been saying she's 29 for years now, we all just put up with the elderlie.

Etymology: elderly lie

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Created by: ysledd

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The lady misreperaged her age in the I.D. photo.

Etymology:

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: uh-je-LAS-tik

Sentence: Although,for Bob, it was no laughing matter, Roxie was truly agelastic: a "1661" one week; a fibteen the next.

Etymology: blend of AGE & ELASTIC: Capable of adapting to change or a variety of circumstances; flexible, accomodating GELASTIC: SOED: laughable (rare); (agelastic: "unlaughable," not funny)sometimes found in books containing words the dictionary forgot.

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although I usually try to avoid words already found in various dictionaries, i decided,today,not to follow my usual practice. "Agelastic" 73% original according to google. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-23: 07:04:00

it is a good word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-23: 12:07:00

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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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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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Created by: kensiesfate

Pronunciation: loose-ay-ear-dom

Sentence: Poor thing, we know she is 74, but she suffers from looseayeardom.

Etymology:

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: ad/fib

Sentence: The ladies were wondering if they should even invite Estelle to the senior center's Valentine's Day function. It was meant for single ladies and gentlemen AND those under 65 not only got in free, but got first pick when it came to the first slow dance. While Estelle was a riot once she inhaled that first Manhattan, she was also know to adfib when it came to her age. At 82, there was no way she was going to pass for anything under 81 1/2 and the ladies were just not up for the humiliation at the front door.

Etymology: adlib: To improvise and deliver extemporaneously. fib: An insignificant or childish lie.

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