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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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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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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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Youthless
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: yooth les
Sentence: Doctor Payne broke the sad news to Theo that his mind was starting to reverse itself and go from adult to child again. He would soon go from youthless to useless and that prospect was sadder than any physical disability she could have diagnosed for him.
Etymology: Youth (the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person) & Less (comparative of little;used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs)
Daydrool
Created by: mdmquincy
Pronunciation: day- drool
Sentence: The dapper gentleman daydrooled as he saw the hot young lass eye him disdainfully.
Etymology: Me
Youthdecay
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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Regretssion
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: rE-gret-shun
Sentence: Tom, at the age of 99, felt regretssion that he couldn't compete in this year's Ironnman.
Etymology: regression/regret
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COMMENTS:
gret word toadstool - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 16:39:00
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Freshenphase
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: fresh-en-faze
Sentence: The diapers, the long naps, even the constant drooling didn't bother Harold, it was the urge to crawl around on the floor that disturbed him, he thought - he must get his happy knees back from his son in a hurry!
Etymology: fresh (new, young) + phase (a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind)
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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Unexretrospect
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: un-ex-RETro-SPECT
Sentence: Gloria was a renowned unexretrospectologist who had spent years and years researching a cure for the disorder in hopes of preventing it affecting her. However, it had happened anyway. She now could do cartwheels on a balance beam in a tiny pink leotard, albeit with arthritic bent knees, false teeth flying out of her mouth and flabby arms akimbo.
Etymology: unexpected + retrospections (in the noun form of the word, suffix eon is used in place of the usual ion to represent the years and years)
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COMMENTS:
A retrospectorant might cure that. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 07:28:00
Or a night on the town with a retrosexual. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 09:45:00
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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"
Nappydays
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Nap-pee-dayz
Sentence: Bob's wish to be young again had finally come true. Having been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease he could no longer fend for himself and had reverted back to having a mental age of three. He was certainly back in his nappydays!
Etymology: Nappy(a piece of absorbant material wrapped around babies to absorb bodily functions)ORIGIN abb.Napkin + Days = Nappydays. See also Happydays. A comedy following a group of teenagers growing up in the 1950's, when their lives where full of fun and being young thought nothing could ever go wrong in life.
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COMMENTS:
funny, he became a fonz de leon - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:24:00
Isn't this a sad definition? Good word, TJayzz. - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:44:00
Very clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 06:03:00
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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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