Verboticism: Reptiledysfunction
DEFINITION: n. An unintended consequence of medical or psychological therapy, especially if the therapy is supposed to make you feel "young again". v. To feel young and stupid again.
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Viactra
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Vie Act Tra
Sentence: Eugene's viactra had gotten so bad, he just asked his granddaughter to the prom.
Etymology: Viagra + Actor
Youthanasia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: yoo/thuh/ney/zee/ast
Sentence: Viagra and some other new miracle drugs are a form of youthanasia. With these drugs, young ideas, images and urgings are brought about in an old, incapable body.
Etymology: youth + euthanasia
Viaggravate
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: vi-ag-gra-vate
Sentence: Herb was feeling like a young buck again; however, Martha was becoming viaggravated because he kept following her around the house, making lewd comments and showing off what was left of his scrawny body. Exasperated, she dumped his prescription down the garbage disposal, tossed ice water in his lap and left to play bingo.
Etymology: viagra: prescription for a certain male dysfunctional condition + aggravate: to rouse to exasperation; annoy
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COMMENTS:
viagreat word! - Nosila, 2010-01-12: 07:08:00
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Spryproduct
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: spry-pra-duct
Sentence: The therapy had the weirdest spryproduct - he started doing cartwheels after every session!
Etymology: spry (lively or active) + product; pun on byproduct (side effect)
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COMMENTS:
Wonderful! - ErWenn, 2007-06-18: 12:22:00
Though I think your pronunciation has one too many syllables. - ErWenn, 2007-06-18: 12:23:00
I fixed the pronunciation guide - thanks! - serendipity9000, 2007-06-18: 12:30:00
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Youthanasia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: yoo/thuh/ney/zee/ast
Sentence: Viagra and some other new miracle drugs are a form of youthanasia. With these drugs, young ideas, images and urgings are brought about in an old, incapable body.
Etymology: youth + euthanasia
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COMMENTS:
I always thought Youth In Asia was an evangelical missionary program... - rephil, 2007-06-18: 10:14:00
I thought Yoot in Asia was a documentary about Seaman creator Yoot Saito. - jadenguy, 2007-06-18: 11:45:00
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Juvescrip
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: joo-vuh-skrip
Sentence: Willy is so happy with his new juvescrip for Cialis. Just like in the commercial he installed two bathtubs in the backyard. Now he needs to figure out how to get his wife in the other tub and what this has to do with sex.
Etymology: juvenile (young; youthful) + scrip (a prescription, as for a drug)
Revivisection
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: re-vivi-sect-shun
Sentence: By having the revivisection done, Mr. Jones felt like climbing rocks again.
Etymology: re- do again vivi - live section - procedure
Notthis
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: not-thees [thin]
Sentence: Mr. Crooks always had a problem with his ears. One day, he went to the doctor and asked, "Doctor, my ears are semi-deaf. Hell, I can't even hear my own farts." The doctor gave him a wonder medicine that was described to miraculously heal the ears. One day, the meds kicked in and he was rushed to the emergency room with the wife screaming, "Notthis! Notthis!" The emergeny room was in a mess when the medicine that the doctor gave Mr. Crooks intensified his flatus rather than aid his hearing.
Etymology: not this
Therapeuttics
Created by: CharlieB
Pronunciation: ther-a-pew-tix
Sentence: Jim felt young again after he started taking the pills. He had endless energy and couldn't sit still. Unfortunately, the side effect was an uncurable nervous tic, where his head twitched manically all day and night. His wife left him and everyone pointed and laughed at him in the streets. But to him the therapeuttics were worth it. They'd all be dead and he'd be living it up in Ibiza.
Etymology: therapeutic (helpful healing) + tic (persistent muscular contraction)