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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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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.
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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Renatalize
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: re-na-ta-lize
Sentence: Renatalization was a subfield of Geriatrics and still in the experimental stages. Adolfia Ghering, MD, was among its pioneers. The hopes and dreams of mankind were still a fertile (and sometimes foolish, Adolfia thought) field full of promise. Finding just the right patients took...well, patience. But, afterall, the market was ripe with eager Baby Boomers. Sitting before her now was a dear little man who looked so much like Albert Einstein. Soon she would know if little Albert had been a cute and cuddly baby. Now that the technique had been approved for trial, Adolfia just needed this guy to sign on the dotted line while there was still time to renatalize him. Now if she could just get the pen to stay in his trembling hand...
Etymology: From re, meaning again + natal, meaning relating to one's time of birth
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COMMENTS:
ooh - nice etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:26:00
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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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Petardeleon
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: pe-tar-de-lee-on
Sentence: Arthur's delight at once again having a full set of teeth was petardeleoned by his realization that he could no longer digest anything stronger than porridge!
Etymology: petard (as in: hoist with your own) + de Leon (as in: Ponce de Leon, Fountain of Youth etc)
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COMMENTS:
Two Ponce de Leon references today. Amazing... - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 11:12:00
Having UK roots I almost feel sorry for the old guy. The English would use "ponce" in place of "pimp", so was he actually touting for exotic animals? - administraitor, 2007-06-21: 11:35:00
The word "ponce" is used to describe effeminate men, I believe. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 20:11:00
That too - useful word, no? - administraitor, 2007-06-21: 22:47:00
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Transfiguragetion
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: trans/figur/a/shun
Sentence: His friends were startled at the transfiguragetion Mark achieved by going on What Not To Where. His layette set with matching bonnet and bootees was the perfect outfit to wear to his Born Again meetings at the local alzheimer clinic.
Etymology: transfiguration + age
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COMMENTS:
What a confusing paragraph. Voted! - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 11:11:00
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Diselysium
Created by: weyrlady
Pronunciation: dis-e-lis-i-um
Sentence: He was given the body of a man forty years younger. Unfortunately, that man had died two weeks earlier, leading to one of the most severe cases of diselysium on record.
Etymology: A combination of "disillusioned" and "Elysium", as in the Greek Elysium Fields. The Elysium Fields were said to be a place of perfect, ideal happiness for the dead.
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COMMENTS:
Impressive! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 14:12:00
Great word! Got my vote!! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-21: 22:59:00
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Youthanasia
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: youth + an + azh + ah
Sentence: Heck, I don't remember that, I've been undergoing youthanasia.
Etymology: Well, we've all heard about Ponce deLeon and his fountain of youth, maybe this is it!
Silverblock
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: Sill/ver/bloc
Sentence: As an honest writer of children's bedtime stories, PJ sometimes felt the retarding effects of writer's block, but when he was diagnosed with severe silverblock, he felt his life's work was a big lie and a product of his own vanity.
Etymology: Silverblock n. genetically modified variation of "silverback``, the lead (eldest?) male in a troop of gorillas, crossed with "writer's block``, a condition experienced by uninspired writers (perhaps in denial of lack of ability to be inspired?).
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)
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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