Verboticism: Elderfib

'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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Elderfib

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Pronunciation: eldərfib

Sentence: Hanna and her friends at the retirement home are all too happy to spread false rumors about their respective ages. Hanna’s elderfib would make her ineligible to live at the home.

Etymology: elder (of a greater age) fib (a lie, typically an unimportant one)

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