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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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Embarrabusted

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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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Crimsenescence

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KRIM-si-NES-uht

Sentence: When celebrating a surprize birthday party with her twin brother, Roxie's friends found out that they were not identical: he was forty-five and she was only thirty-one! Despite her candleblush, crimsenescence and muttonrouge, she quickly explained to all and sundry, "I never forgotten my age - once I decided what it was to be!"

Etymology: CRIMSENESCENCE: Blend of CRIMSON: reddened, red-faced, flushed & SENESCENCE: growing; old,aging. CANDLE: (the number of) as a symbol of age on a birthday cake & BLUSH: To become red in the face through embarassment. MUTTONROUGE: as in "mutton done up as lamb;" Rouge: as in red for embarrasment. Also a play on, or antonym of, the "Moulin Rouge."

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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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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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Yourforties

Created by: sheepsshouldfly

Pronunciation:

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Humiliagesham

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: hew-milly-AGE-sham

Sentence: Beatrice suffered a major attack of humiliagesham when she realized late in 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 humiliated, age, and sham. A play on the word 'humiliation'.

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COMMENTS:

I bet this is gonna be the best of the day! - logarithm, 2008-11-28: 01:31:00

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Smaeoee

FinntheWaffle

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:

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Antiquenatal

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: an teek nay tahl

Sentence: her antiquenatal class began badky when she went to the nightclub only to be served drinks by her grandson

Etymology: anti natal, antique

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COMMENTS:

Did he serve her an old fashioned? Good Word. - Nosila, 2010-04-23: 13:46:00

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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

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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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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