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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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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:
Humiliaged
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Hew-mil-ee-ayged
Sentence: Brenda felt completely humiliaged when she discovered her husband Tim had told virtually everyone at the party her age. She had spent the last few hours trying to convince everyone that she was five years younger than she actually was.
Etymology: Humiliation(injure the dignity and self respect of, embarrass.) ORIGIN Latin humiliare 'make humble + Aged(of a specific age) = Humiliaged
Mortifeonscious
Created by: sean30
Pronunciation: Morti-fe-ons-cious
Sentence: Ive never felt so Mortifeonscious recently, after i was caught out over my age while taking my junior cert exam. I think growing a beard might have contributed to unmasking my true age!
Etymology: Mortify - Self-conscious
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COMMENTS:
Liked the 'eon' in there, too! When his fiancée found out his true age he was even more mortfeonscious! Neat creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:02:00
to hard to pronounce - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 16:51:00
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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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Embarragement
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)
Fibbage
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)
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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COMMENTS:
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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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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Fibromyagea
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Fib - ro - mi - AJ - ya
Sentence: Eloise felt the reddening of her face as a wave of fibromyagea swept over her when she realized she'd been caught exaggerating her youth.
Etymology: Fib + my age (a play words on the malady fibromyalgia)
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COMMENTS:
A painful realization, apparently. Interesting blend. - Tigger, 2008-02-05: 02:56:00
good one! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-05: 07:20:00
nice blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 15:49:00
nice blend but its to hard to pronounce - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 16:54:00
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Guilestone
Created by: loxhobabl
Pronunciation: gile-stone
Sentence: Karen perpetrated a >guilestone at her birthday get-together.
Etymology: guile, milestone
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