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'Well Doc, will I ever be young again?'

DEFINITION: v. To spend years and years wishing you could be young again, only to discover that it's actually happening, but not exactly as you imagined. n. The fear the you are getting so old that people will start treating you like a baby

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Infantasize

Created by: sineadf1

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Hopyoung

Created by: cococo

Pronunciation: ho - pee - ung

Sentence: He was Hopyounging in his last days

Etymology: Hope + Young

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Elixhiliration

Created by: bookowl

Pronunciation: ee/lix/hill/ir/ay/shun

Sentence: The elixhiliration he felt when the effects of the wonder drug enabled him to fit into his old baseball uniform quickly dissipated when he realized he had last worn it when he was twelve.

Etymology: elixir + exhiliration

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Funny...sounds like me....beerlixir.. - Mustang, 2008-08-14: 06:48:00

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Rejuvenackered

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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petaj 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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Infantasy

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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Infelder

Created by: Rhyme79

Pronunciation: inn-fell-duh

Sentence: Becoming an infelder has stealthily snuck up on me while I wasn't looking. I can remember my childhood like it was yesterday. Actually, I could have swore that only yesterday they put a bib on me at lunch.

Etymology: Infant + Elder = Infelder

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Retroturing

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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Repubesce

Created by: airliebee

Pronunciation: re-pew-bess

Sentence: Fred had worked his whole life, right up until his 86th birthday when the symptoms began. Repubescophobia had gripped him at 55 and refused to let go. His family had called it for what it was, just getting old, but Fred had stoically worked long and hard to stave off the inevitable. Now, he looked hopefully up at the doctor for an answer, but he quickly saw, with what remained of his vision, that her face said it all. He was going to repubesce, and there was nothing he could do. His repubescence was upon him, and there was no miracle drug on the planet that could stop repuberty. Fred was doomed, so he resigned himself to his fate and asked the pretty young doctor for a lollipop.

Etymology: re-: prefix, used to indicate repetition, or with the meaning again, back or backward to indicate withdrawal or backward motion. + pubescence: to arrive, or begin puberty (the beginning of adolescence when the sex glands become functional)

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Oldzheimers

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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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Juvigruntled

Created by: serendipity9000

Pronunciation: ju·ve·grun·tled

Sentence: There was nothing for it. No matter how happy he tried to be with the kind nurse spoon feeding him pudding, the old man was juvigruntled. What he wouldn't give for a nice steak and his own knife and fork.

Etymology: JUVI from juvinle and GRUNTLED from disgruntled.

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And his own teeth to eat it with... - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:45:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-21: 01:38:00
Today's definition was inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback, and the never-ending search for the magic pill that will make you young again. The funny thing is that when the rejuvenation does happen in the real world, it's usually a disaster -- and a source for inspiration. Thanks Rob! ~ James

ivonce - 2008-08-18: 09:40:00
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