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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.
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Squirmage
Created by: Tjay33
Pronunciation: Skwermayge
Sentence: When Betty found out that the whole office knew her real age, she felt so much squirmage she wished the ground would open up and swallow her.
Etymology: Squirm - to feel great embarrassment + age -the amount of time you have been alive = SQUIRMAGE
Mendageious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: men day jus
Sentence: When they put the 50 candles on her birthday cake, Julie carried on her mendageious behaviour by acting all surprised and horrified that her usual 39 candles weren't on the cake!
Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally untrue;caught in a lie)& Age (how long something/someone has existed)
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)
Humiliaged
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)
Sprungchicken
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: sprung-chick-n
Sentence: Eva Longevia was a sprungchicken. She insisted that she was only in her 30s, even in front of her parents who were both sprightly octogenarians. They quickly put the assembled guests to rights, disclosing that Eva was actually in her fifties.
Etymology: sprung (slang for caught, found out) + spring chicken (colloquialism for young person)
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COMMENTS:
I seem to have a fowl theme going this week - petaj, 2008-11-28: 04:01:00
You might have a fowl theme going, but they are so good, you might say they are the cock of the walk! I will long use and chuckle over sprungchicken and roasttrickey, and laugh a long time with you over them. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-28: 14:02:00
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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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Shamefaged
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: shaym-fajd
Sentence: Goldie wishfullied and prevaricaged she was in her 20's. She was outrajeoned and hoaryfied by those courageous enough to treat her like the forty-something she was. Their realizageshuns bombaged her and left her shamefaged.
Etymology: A play on being shamefaced when forced to admit one's real age ... shamefaged.
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COMMENTS:
so many good words - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 09:42:00
Verbountiful! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:22:00
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Crisage
Created by: LivingGummyWorm
Pronunciation: Cry-sage
Sentence: That birthday party was such a crisage!
Etymology:
Demoralizageshun
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dee/moral/i/zayj/shun
Sentence: Sue suffered complete demoralizageshun when she and her girlfriends got carded after a Hannah Montana concert. She claimed she was dyslexic and thought 15 and 51 were the same.
Etymology: demoralization + age + shun
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COMMENTS:
Age dyslexia is as clever, fun and funny as demoralizageshun. (big grin). Greate creates! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 06:10:00
Clever blend & funny sentence. "1551" - reminds me of the "1661 Syndrome", where one looks attractive from the back (16), but not so attractive from the face (61)! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 15:44:00
to hard to pornonuce - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 19:11:00
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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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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