Verboticism: Reminiar

'When I was your age, all I had was a lead pencil and a wooden brain!'

DEFINITION: A person who, using an example from their own life, steers people away from a line of speculation by reducing it to an absurdity.

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Reminiar

Created by: direwookiee

Pronunciation: Reh-min-eye-ur

Sentence: My grandfather is such a reminiar; he keeps telling me he walked 50 miles to school when HE was my age.

Etymology: "Remin-" comes from Reminiscing and "-iar" comes from liar.

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