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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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Misgeronte
Created by: EvelynS
Pronunciation: mis-ger-ohnt
Sentence: When my bones ache I am reminded how much of a misgeronte I am.
Etymology: mis- hatred of; geront- old age
Agerize
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
Elderfib
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: eldərfib
Sentence: Hanna and her friends at the retirement home are all too happy to spread false rumors about their respective ages. Hanna’s elderfib would make her ineligible to live at the home.
Etymology: elder (of a greater age) fib (a lie, typically an unimportant one)
Dobception
Created by: fieldman
Pronunciation: D-O-B-ception
Sentence: I think I have been the victim of D-O-B-ception.
Etymology:
Manipulage
Created by: w5lf9s
Pronunciation: ma-nip-ul-age
Sentence: Ah, c'mon, let me in! A bit of manipulaging has never done anyone any harm.
Etymology: manipulate+age
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COMMENTS:
inspired! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-29: 04:27:00
vgood - suzanne, 2007-05-29: 08:03:00
excellent! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-31: 15:44:00
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Oldbag
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: old - bagg
Sentence: Beatrice oldbagged her way through life until her friend Kay told her that she wasn't fooling anybody.
Etymology: old (advanced in years) bag (reference to the inevitable saggy bagginess of the loss of youth)
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.
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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Fabricage
Created by: andyhudson12
Pronunciation: Fab-ric-ayj
Sentence: "Yeah that's right, I managed to fabricage my way in here with my fake ID!"
Etymology: Fabricate and Age - FABRICAGE!
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