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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.
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Mendageous
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: men day jus
Sentence: When Edna joined up with the Under 60's Dance Club, a few people (ok, the lights were poor in there) suspected she was well past her sell-by date. But claiming to be 49 when you are really 89 is just plain mendageous activity. After her jitterbug/merengue/polka triathelon, she had chest pains and was short of breath. When the hunky firemen showed up, they got her going again in time to catch up on the Schotticshe and Virginia Reel. How did they do it? They used the De-FIB-rillator...guaranteed to ensure they tell the truth before they meet their makers in that great Dance Hall in the Sky!
Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally untrue;given to lying) & Age (begin to seem older; get older)
Agetation
Created by: pandalhu
Pronunciation: Age/ta/tion
Sentence: I hate when kids use an agetation to buy drinks
Etymology: age form how many years old you are and tation from exaggeration
Dobception
Created by: fieldman
Pronunciation: D-O-B-ception
Sentence: I think I have been the victim of D-O-B-ception.
Etymology:
Fabricagetion
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)
Misreperage
Created by: ysledd
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The lady misreperaged her age in the I.D. photo.
Etymology:
Elderlie
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
Nafort
Appearenhance
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: uh-PEER-en-hanse
Sentence: Sylvia truly believed that she could convincingly appearenhance her true age with subtle little untruths intended to take five years off her true age.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'appearance' (n. the state, condition, manner, or style in which a person or object appears; outward look or aspect) and 'enhance' (vb. improve; augment)
Manipulage
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ma-nip-u-lage
Sentence: Grandma could manipulage herself when it suited her. She carried an old ID card in her wallet so that when she went to the singles dances at the firehall she could show that she was still a young chick, but at the mall she had her AARP ID to prove that she was eligible for her senior discount.
Etymology: manipulate: to tamper with or falsify for personal gain + age
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COMMENTS:
manipulant word - Nosila, 2009-12-10: 09:21:00
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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