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'Do you think she is overreacting to our surprise party?'

DEFINITION: n., The shock and embarrassment felt after innocently implying that you are much younger, only to discover that everyone actually knows how old you really are. v., To be embarrassed when caught lying about your age.

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Deviageon

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dee vee aje on

Sentence: Priscilla was guilty of deviageon, because she thought her co-workers had forgotten all the other years she had celebrated her 29th birthday...all of her 20 years working with them!

Etymology: deviate (be at variance with) & age (your REAL age)

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Devilish word. I like it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:26:00

Nice combo. It does seem to imply a devilish intent to lie about one's age. - Tigger, 2008-02-05: 21:31:00

Wow. Definitely gets a vote from me. - Maxine, 2008-02-05: 21:39:00

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Tempestafucitum

Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Tem-pust-a-fook-e-tum

Sentence: Annie had a total tempestafucitum over finding out that her true age had been found out and that her attempts to diguise the effects of time had failed.

Etymology: Tempest :(orig Latin. Tempus) - a storm related to time. A : (French. ) to. Fucitum : (Latin.) - to be caught or ensnared. See Also: Chronolonakitum (Orig. Greek)

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COMMENTS:

I like this one. Reminds me of "tempus fugit" - ErWenn, 2008-02-05: 10:11:00

Far out! Kudos for originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:21:00

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Humiliagescam

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: hue-mil-ee-AYJ-skam

Sentence: Naomi experienced a major attack of humiliagescam when she realized toward the end of the evening that most of the folks at the party knew she had taken ten years off her age in an earlier discussion.

Etymology: blend of 'humiliate' (to reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : mortify) 'age' and 'scam' (a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation)

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Yourforties

Created by: sheepsshouldfly

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Humiliaged

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: (h)yoōmilēājd

Sentence: Joyce was humiliaged when her coworkers threw her a surprise party. Somebody was clever enough to obtain a copy of the newspaper from the day she was born,as registered with HR, not what she had been telling people for years. OOPS! Busted!

Etymology: humiliate (make someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect) + aged (that has been subjected to aging)

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Fibbage

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: fibij

Sentence: It was common in the college town he grew up in for high schoolers to try to pass themselves off as college students. Wendell was never very successful at it. Maybe it was the way his voice cracked every time he got excited or the complete lack of facial or body hair. Perhaps it was that someone had seen his mother drop him off. Whatever the case, his fibbage would always be revealed. To make matters worse, girls would often not believe he was even in high school.

Etymology: fib (a lie, typically an unimportant one) + age (the length of time that a person has lived)

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Embarrabusted

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: em-bar-uh-buh-sted

Sentence: When her coworkers threw her a birthday party Joan was embarrabusted when her true age was emblazoned on the cake.

Etymology: embarrassed (uncomfortably self-conscious) + busted (caught)

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Embrage

Created by: boviex

Pronunciation: embrej alt. embrAge

Sentence: She was embraged when she discovered that her age was no secret. When she saw the number of candles on the cake, her heart filled with embrage.

Etymology: Take your pick. Embarass(ment)/Age/Umbrage/(En)rage

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Embarragement

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: embarājment

Sentence: The surprise birthday party created nothing but embarragement. The truth came out when someone calculated that Suzie’s son would have been born when she was 4 years old.

Etymology: embarrassment (a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness) + age (the length of time that a person has lived)

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Crisage

Created by: LivingGummyWorm

Pronunciation: Cry-sage

Sentence: That birthday party was such a crisage!

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-05: 00:55:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James

silveryaspen - 2008-02-05: 06:56:00
Had so much fun with your definition remistram! All kinds of related verboticisms popped into my mind, some of which I couldn't resist putting in my sentence as I sat here laughing out loud. Everyone's great creations made me laugh more. Fun definition!

ErWenn - 2008-02-05: 10:09:00
I've made it a point to let my friends know that on my birthday cake, I expect one candle for every year of my age. (Next is the big three-oh.) You can't stop getting older, so you might as well enjoy the fire hazard that your birthday cake is slowly becoming.

remistram - 2008-02-05: 12:05:00
Can relate - turned the big 4-0 in January....ack!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-06: 07:14:00
Yes the fires are getting bigger ~ James

silveryaspen - 2008-11-28: 14:10:00
Lots of fun and funny sentences today!

Nosila - 2008-11-28: 21:50:00
When I red your story I knew it was one in vermilion!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-23: 00:07:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James