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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
Verboticisms
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Deagerate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dee/age/er/ate
Sentence: The disease caused his body to deagerate at a rate much quicker than his family had anticipated.
Etymology: degenerate + age
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COMMENTS:
Good definition - cococo, 2007-06-21: 10:06:00
got my vote! - remistram, 2007-06-21: 10:53:00
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Peterpangst
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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Hopyoung
Created by: cococo
Pronunciation: ho - pee - ung
Sentence: He was Hopyounging in his last days
Etymology: Hope + Young
Desidorianate
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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COMMENTS:
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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Thirdchildhood
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.
Nappiarch
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: NAP-ee-ahrk
Sentence: Bob yearned to be young again and the leader of the pack; but instead this greying sexageranium [sic] - he certainly was "wilting" fast - was doomed only to nappiarch in a palzheimer's paradise in dwinetime with fellow mewlthuselahs
Etymology: NAPPY: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement [syn: diaper] & PATRIARCH: A very old, venerable man; an elder; Also used figuratively. DWINETIME: dwine OE (dwinan). to wasteor pine away, fade, languish, & wither, wane. MEWLTHUSELAH (mewl): to cry, as a young child & methuselah.
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COMMENTS:
great blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:22:00
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Oldzheimers
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"
Nostalgitis
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.
Shrinkle
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)
Comments:
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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