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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".
Verboticisms
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Hypoconfusionism
Created by: bigbigjeff
Pronunciation: hypo-con-fusion-isim
Sentence: The husband suffered from severe hypoconfusionism after his wife of 45 years ran off with a 22 year old boy toy.
Etymology: Hypo for less than normal, confusionism for confusion
Geriactive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ger/i/act/ive
Sentence: His eighty-five year old grandfather became another one of those amazing geriatives after taking one of those new miracle drugs. He now runs five miles a day, works double shifts at Wal-Mart and parties most nights.
Etymology: geriatrics + active
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COMMENTS:
Conveys a nice way to stay as the years roll on! Sounds ever so much nicer than sexy senior citizen! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-01: 19:54:00
Good one! - Korinne, 2008-01-02: 13:39:00
Geriactive is spelled wrong in the example. Sorry I posted it in the main area, but until i did that i could not leave the message here for some reason. - zebrahdh, 2008-01-03: 19:11:00
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Testosterage
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Tes- TOSS - uh - raj
Sentence: Normally a calm and reasoned senior citizen Barkley went on a stormy testosterage when he took the 'new youth' supplements he got thru the inernet.
Etymology: Testosterone + rampage
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COMMENTS:
Great word ... compliments mine well ... Viagara produced a testosterage and put him in his secondwildhood. - silveryaspen, 2007-12-31: 11:03:00
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Cucarful
Created by: swetty
Pronunciation: like this word
Sentence: is a briliant word...i don't know what is but is cool
Etymology: aaaa
Pillsnapper
Created by: Yaakova
Pronunciation: Pill-snap-er
Sentence: After three months on her prescription, Jill became aware of her pillsnapper: the urge to fingerpaint.
Etymology: pill + whippersnapper
Youthenasia
Created by: imashelcha
Pronunciation: Just like euthenasia.
Sentence: "It makes you younger, but I think you're better off dead. You, sir, have a case of youthenasia."
Etymology: Youth + euthenasia.
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-31: 10:55:00
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Secondwildhood
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: second-wild-hood
Sentence: "He's in his secondwildhood" the wife said to the doctor who was prescribing her husband's viagara.
Etymology: simply a play on the words second childhood ... to reflect how viagara makes it a second wildhood!
Psykiddigra
Created by: sosibo1
Pronunciation: p-S-aa-i-kid-ii-gra
Sentence: His new macho ways must have resulted in some kind of psykiddigra, he's been a changed man since consulting that suspicious doctor of his.
Etymology: Psychological + kid + viagra
Comments:
zebrahdh - 2008-01-03: 19:10:00
Geriactive is spelled wrong in the example.