Verboticisms

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: in-fant-AZE-ya

Sentence: The downside of Morton's having entered a state of infantasia was that he was unaware of the real parts of his life much of the time, and the upside was that during his lucid hours he was not really aware that he been to la-la land.

Etymology: Blend of 'Infant' (n. a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby. ) and 'fantasia' (n. something considered to be unreal, weird, exotic, or grotesque)

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I like this word. - hyperborean, 2012-10-17: 23:42:00

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Created by: Foghawk

Pronunciation: uh-BEAR-uh-joo-ven-ize

Sentence: Martin had the meaning of "careful what you wish for" driven home to him quite forcefully when a boring but admittedly good life in the retirement home was suddenly switched with painful hours in a seedy daycare after, one week in late December, he abruptly aberrajuvenized.

Etymology: From "aberrant" and the Latin root "juvenis", denoting youth.

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Created by: hyperborean

Pronunciation: SHRING kuhl

Sentence: "You're just beginning to shrinkle," the doctor said. "I'd say you have a few good years left."

Etymology: (shrink: to dwindle) + (wrinkle: to crease)

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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: hooterbug

Pronunciation: olts′hī′mərz

Sentence: Grampa James was slowly developing a case of Oldsheimer's. Young Cindy listened to him as he spoke to her about how much he used to love cannonballing in the community pool when he was a boy. "You know, Cindy- Gramps might just have 1 or 2 more jumps in me left...You wanna run outside to the pool?" Little Cindy was speechless and didnt know what to reply. "Aw c'mon Cindy, I've got that warm feeling I used to get when I jumped into a nice warm pool!" Thankfully, Young Cindy's mom interrupted and said, "Oh no you don't...someone made a stinky!"

Etymology: Blend of "Old" + "Altzheimer's"

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: di-si-DAWR-ee-uhn-eyt

Sentence: It was twenty full years before Jake realized that his desidorianation had come into conflict with his dreams of retiring by fifty.

Etymology: desiderate + Dorian Gray

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Too bad nobody told him at the doriantation - I guess it was a bit of a gray area - porsche, 2007-06-21: 11:54:00

Great word Clayton! Made me run to the dictionary. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 12:15:00

wilde sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 15:52:00

Heh. I oughta win an Oscar. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 20:09:00

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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: jadenguy

Pronunciation: saoor griipz

Sentence: Henderson was our greatest success in the field of unoldenization. Degerontigising is not without it's foibles. The greatest shock comes when they lose their will to vote and decide to rebel against the man, but that's just sour gripes from a lack of social security checks.

Etymology: sour grapes + gripe

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unoldenization sounds good to me - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 12:29:00

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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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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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Created by: sineadf1

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