Verboticisms

Created by: YourEnglishPal

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: PSEUD-False PAED-Child

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Created by: suchipatel

Pronunciation: ug-ail-ee-in

Sentence: Her fake ID was an agalien to get into the club.

Etymology: Age - Length of life Alien - Of another "of another age"

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Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: Em - bell - age

Sentence: You are so guilty of embellage! There is no way you are the same person pictured on this Drivers License!

Etymology: Embellish + Age

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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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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: Discoveria

Pronunciation: youff-um-izum

Sentence: If only someone had told Geoffrey that the term "spring chickenhawk" wasn't a terribly convincing youthemism...

Etymology: youth (the state of being young) + euphemism (a non-literal way to say something)

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COMMENTS:

Excellent! Gets my vote. - Rhyme79, 2012-09-26: 10:48:00

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Created by: InuYasha11

Pronunciation: Gr-av-no-men-a

Sentence: She looked at the bouncer as he replied, "You're making that up. You're gravnomena. You're not allowed in."

Etymology: Grav - heavy nomen- of name

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌθɝdiˈnaɪn/

Sentence: My uncle thirtynined his way well into his 70's.

Etymology: From comedian Jack Benny, who always claimed to be thirty-nine years old, no matter how old he actually was.

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COMMENTS:

I predict that the number of votes my word gets today will be directly proportional to the average age of the players of this game. I also predict that because of this reference, everyone will mistake me for someone my father's age (wouldn't be the first time). - ErWenn, 2007-05-29: 13:44:00

I tried to stop my age from increasing when I turned 25, but I was only able to keep it up for a year. - ErWenn, 2007-05-29: 13:45:00

Well, the one difficulty is that this word only works one way (i.e. older pretending younger) whereas ostensibly the word ought to be able to apply both ways. That'll skew your prediction, since even those of us who get the reference might not vote for it because we're being sticklers... - Scattercat, 2007-05-29: 14:09:00

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Created by: JoshB

Pronunciation: lee-oh-age

Sentence: Mary's fake id was lioaged.

Etymology: Li=lie-tell an untruth age-long but indefinite period in human history.

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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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