Verboticism: Diselysium
DEFINITION: v. To spend years and years wishing you could be young again, only to discover that it's actually happening, but not exactly as you imagined. n. The fear the you are getting so old that people will start treating you like a baby
Diselysium
Created by: weyrlady
Pronunciation: dis-e-lis-i-um
Sentence: He was given the body of a man forty years younger. Unfortunately, that man had died two weeks earlier, leading to one of the most severe cases of diselysium on record.
Etymology: A combination of "disillusioned" and "Elysium", as in the Greek Elysium Fields. The Elysium Fields were said to be a place of perfect, ideal happiness for the dead.
Points: 647
Comments: Diselysium
purpleartichokes - 2007-06-21: 14:12:00
Impressive!
Stevenson0 - 2007-06-21: 22:59:00
Great word! Got my vote!!