Verboticisms

Created by: bwesterlind

Pronunciation: De-Sehn-il-If-Eye

Sentence: v: As they years passed he continued to progressively desenilify. n: The man in the nursing home was full of desenilify

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: ree jew ven ack erred

Sentence: when he had wished for the body of a much younger man, he had hoped he'd be able to control his dribbling a little better. He was rejuvenackered, he shouldn't have gone to the nightclub in the first place and it was going to take him the best part of what remained of the night to get these damn leather trousers off.

Etymology: rejuvenation, knackered.

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COMMENTS:

Got my vote before the sentence was even there. I can use this one, it's great to say out loud. - petaj, 2007-06-21: 05:48:00

great definition - he was probably hoping for rejuvenknockhered - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 11:09:00

Yes! - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 11:09:00

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Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: ret trow tour ing

Sentence: Herbert found himself retroturing into an 60 year old in the day care center.

Etymology: retro - looking back uring - the second half of maturing

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: u/thin/ize

Sentence: Every Thanksgiving, Grandpa would squeeze into his college football jersey and challenge all his "grandboys" to a little game of the "pigskin." The family thought all his youthanizing was a healthy thing, so they not only encouraged the after dinner shenanigans, but they even shouted, "TOUCHDOWN" when he tossed the pigskin in the hoop.

Etymology: Origin: Euthanize-Mercy killing to prevent a prolonged and painful death. :-)

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Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: yooth-duh-kay

Sentence: Grandpa was suffering from youthdecay, which was causing a severe case of glumdisease

Etymology: youth, decay, tooth decay

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COMMENTS:

That can have nasty complications with longperiodontitis. - petaj, 2007-06-21: 03:50:00

A cavortee is fairly unlikely, i suppose - galwaywegian, 2007-06-21: 06:16:00

No doubt he'd eventually develop gingivigoritis. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 08:05:00

Not if he uses youthwash. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 09:43:00

maybe an orthodontryst with some dental floosie would help - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 10:42:00

Sounds like orally good time. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 11:13:00

(insert oral roberts joke here). - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 11:24:00

Very well. Grandpa had to settle for oral, because he left his roberts at home. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 20:13:00

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: third childhood

Sentence: The first childhood is wasted on the young, the second childhood is spoiled by the responsibilities of a mid-life crises, but the third childhood is something you can really sit down and enjoy.

Etymology: It comes after the second childhood.

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: in - FANT - uh - see

Sentence: Having already begun to enter the twighlight zone of his life, Harold didnt fully comprehend the full ramifications of what infantasy had to offer....fortunately.

Etymology: Blend of infant and fantasy.

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COMMENTS:

shades of the movie 2001 - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:23:00

Excellent word, Mustang...I guess that's why the mind goes first! - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:41:00

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Created by: SethelMerman

Pronunciation: no-stal-JY-tis

Sentence: Watching my grandchildren learn to tie their shoes as my daughter tied mine, gave me a case of nostalgitis.

Etymology: From (Nostalgia:n a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life ) + (itis: a suffix used in pathological terms and denoting abnormal states or conditions.

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Created by: libertybelle

Pronunciation: PEE-ter-pahn-DE-MO-knee-yum

Sentence: As George saw the silver hairs slowly overtake his once raven colored head, he went into a sort of peterpandemonium -an unsighlty display involving a bottle of Grecian Formula, a vapid 20 something girlfirend and digging his old Member's Only jacket out of the attic.

Etymology: Peter Pan + Pandemonium

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COMMENTS:

Funny. - hyperborean, 2012-10-17: 23:39:00

Funny story to a really good word - DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-26: 14:33:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: pee-tur-pangst

Sentence: The surgery went well - he looked like a 20-year old again. However, he began agedecrying and a wave of Peterpangst washed over him when he was rejected for the senior citizens' discount at Walmart.

Etymology: Peter Pan, angst

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COMMENTS:

perhaps he shouldn't have tinkerbelled with his looks - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 10:44:00

Well, he Hooked up with Wendy, who was much younger. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 12:06:00

yes I hear she was a Darling - he probably thought he would neverland her - porsche, 2007-06-21: 12:10:00

He heard the clock ticking and had to make his move. - Stevenson0, 2007-06-21: 12:18:00

he nearly got his croc cleaned in that fight - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 12:24:00

A big hand for the croc! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 13:14:00

Gotta hand it to you... I liked this one. - texmom, 2007-06-23: 23:40:00

Oh... Peter Pan! LOL you can imagine what I thought. - texmom, 2007-06-23: 23:41:00

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