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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.
Verboticisms
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Yodaling
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: yoda/ling
Sentence: His yodaling was heard for miles when he was outed at his 90th birthday.
Etymology: yoda + yodeling
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:23:00
wow nice combo - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 19:11:00
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Smaeoee
Created by: FinntheWaffle
Pronunciation: SM-AY-EE-OH
Sentence: Kaitlyn: Oh my God I want a cupcAKE ;-; Jasmine: SMAEOE
Etymology: The same as same, but saying it more fag-ified c:
Agejury
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: age/jur/ee
Sentence: She committed agejury several times during her birthday party subtracting five years from her real age.
Etymology: age + perjury
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COMMENTS:
Clever blend. The jury out! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:31:00
nice - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 16:52:00
And reminds one also of the injury to the ego that aging brings! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:24:00
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Agejury
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: age/jur/ee
Sentence: She committed agejury several times during her birthday party subtracting ten years from her real age.
Etymology: AGEJURY - noun - from AGE + PERJURY (The practice of lying; falsehood, untruthfulness)
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COMMENTS:
Guilty as charged! - Nosila, 2008-11-28: 21:47:00
I want to see my plastic surgeon! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-29: 14:42:00
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Annunull
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: an-ye-nul
Sentence: You are cordially invited to Kimberly's annunull birthday party! Come celebrate as Kimberly turns 27, again. Kimberly is registered at Bed, Bath & Beyond; Hancock Fabrics; and the Birkenstock outlet. Party starts at 4:30. BYOB. Park down the street.
Etymology: annual (happening yearly) + null (amounting to nothing)
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COMMENTS:
Happy Annunull, Kimberly! - Nosila, 2010-04-23: 23:24:00
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Trickage
Created by: seniouxa13
Pronunciation: trik-eyj
Sentence: This trickage is getting on my nerves that I'm getting more wrinkles on my forehead!
Etymology: From trick and age, literally to trick about the age
Mendaciouspause
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: men day shus pawz
Sentence: When the kiddies in her office gave Joan a surprise birthday party, it gave her a mendaciouspause to see they had gotten the right amount of candles on her cake. She'd been 29 as long as she had worked there, for over 20 years. How did they guess she wondered? She had been very careful at disguising her true age...hair died dark chocolate brown, wrinkle creams galore, wearing trendy, youthful clothes, etc. What Joan did not know was that the kiddies weren't blind...they'd seen her taking Geritol breaks, wearing support hose, having hot flashes and most tellingly, they'd seen the big box of Depends in her bottom desk drawer...damn those tv commercials she thought!
Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally untrue;given to lying) & Menopause (time in a woman's later life when her fertility ends)
Fableage
Agionous
Created by: EBalser
Pronunciation: Age-io-nus
Sentence: Yesterday,I was hanging out with a bunch of 12 year olds after school and my boyfriend walked by wondering why I was, in that very moment I was agionous.
Etymology: ag-how old you are ionous-lying
Embarrabusted
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)
Comments:
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!
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!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James