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DEFINITION: n. An unintended consequence of medical or psychological therapy, especially if the therapy is supposed to make you feel "young again". v. To feel young and stupid again.
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Pubescebo
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Pu - bes - cebo
Sentence: Martha would not have told her husband that she added a multivitamin to his breakfast if she could have foreseen the pubescebo effect it would have on him, resulting in a trip to the doctor after his back went out.
Etymology: Pubescent - Placebo
Spryproduct
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: spry-pra-duct
Sentence: The therapy had the weirdest spryproduct - he started doing cartwheels after every session!
Etymology: spry (lively or active) + product; pun on byproduct (side effect)
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COMMENTS:
Wonderful! - ErWenn, 2007-06-18: 12:22:00
Though I think your pronunciation has one too many syllables. - ErWenn, 2007-06-18: 12:23:00
I fixed the pronunciation guide - thanks! - serendipity9000, 2007-06-18: 12:30:00
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Juvescrip
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: joo-vuh-skrip
Sentence: Willy is so happy with his new juvescrip for Cialis. Just like in the commercial he installed two bathtubs in the backyard. Now he needs to figure out how to get his wife in the other tub and what this has to do with sex.
Etymology: juvenile (young; youthful) + scrip (a prescription, as for a drug)
Amoroops
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: Amor + oops
Sentence: Jenny, bothered by her husbands new "condition", called his Doctor to ask, "How many more mornings am I going to have to put up with his desire for Fruit Loops and Amoroops for Breakfast"?
Etymology: Amorous ( passionate ) + oops ( mistake )
Youthanasia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: yoo/thuh/ney/zee/ast
Sentence: Viagra and some other new miracle drugs are a form of youthanasia. With these drugs, young ideas, images and urgings are brought about in an old, incapable body.
Etymology: youth + euthanasia
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COMMENTS:
I always thought Youth In Asia was an evangelical missionary program... - rephil, 2007-06-18: 10:14:00
I thought Yoot in Asia was a documentary about Seaman creator Yoot Saito. - jadenguy, 2007-06-18: 11:45:00
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Therapeuttics
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: ther-a-pew-tix
Sentence: Jim felt young again after he started taking the pills. He had endless energy and couldn't sit still. Unfortunately, the side effect was an uncurable nervous tic, where his head twitched manically all day and night. His wife left him and everyone pointed and laughed at him in the streets. But to him the therapeuttics were worth it. They'd all be dead and he'd be living it up in Ibiza.
Etymology: therapeutic (helpful healing) + tic (persistent muscular contraction)
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Youthanasia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: yoo/thuh/ney/zee/ast
Sentence: Viagra and some other new miracle drugs are a form of youthanasia. With these drugs, young ideas, images and urgings are brought about in an old, incapable body.
Etymology: youth + euthanasia
Revivisection
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: re-vivi-sect-shun
Sentence: By having the revivisection done, Mr. Jones felt like climbing rocks again.
Etymology: re- do again vivi - live section - procedure
Froliceutical
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: froli - su - tik - ul
Sentence: Mabel was drawn along on one of Elmer's froliceutical adventures after he popped one of the new pills his doctor prescribed. The craziness lasted well past supper time.
Etymology: frolic, pharmaceutical
Ponce
Created by: rephil
Pronunciation: pawnse
Sentence: Dr. A: "How did the procedure work out for Mrs. Hyde?" Nurse B: "The face lift turned out great -- got her a new boy toy. But he left over the stretch marks from the lipo -- so that was a bit of a ponce.
Etymology: Colloquial -- after Juan Ponce De Leon, first Spanish governor of Puerto Rico and legendary seeker of the Fountain of Youth.
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Rob Sawyer's newest novel, Rollback. It is a story about a happily married (60 years!) couple who get "Rollbacks" -- medical procedures which are supposed to turn their 80-year old bodies into 25-year ones. It works for the husband, but unfortunately not for the wife -- which puts a bit a test on their marriage when they start to develop different levels of "need". ~ James
Purpleartichokes Wins GUST! Read all about it in Verbotoweek: purpleartichokes - The Office Politician.
jadenguy - 2007-06-18: 11:28:00
that was also an episode of the twilight zone. that show was amazing because it was both awesome and taught values!
jermainechambers44 - 2010-01-12: 18:04:00
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