Verboticism: Manipulage

'Of course I'm twenty-one!'

DEFINITION: v. To lie about your age. n. A misrepresentation about your age, usually done in order to appear younger or older.

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Manipulage

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: ma-nip-u-lage

Sentence: Grandma could manipulage herself when it suited her. She carried an old ID card in her wallet so that when she went to the singles dances at the firehall she could show that she was still a young chick, but at the mall she had her AARP ID to prove that she was eligible for her senior discount.

Etymology: manipulate: to tamper with or falsify for personal gain + age

Points: 650

Comments: Manipulage

Nosila - 2009-12-10: 09:21:00
manipulant word