Verboticism: Revivisection
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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Slideeffect
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: slide/eefekt
Sentence: The slideefect to the new medication made Bob wear baggy pants that hung low on his hips and let his underwear show. It gave a whole new meaning to slip slidin away
Etymology: slide + side effect
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COMMENTS:
Glad you put that song in my head. "Let's Get It On" was kinda inappropriate for work. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-18: 06:54:00
Excellent word. - ErWenn, 2007-06-18: 12:22:00
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Friskifize
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: frisk-ee-fighs
Sentence: Dr., I want to friskifize myself. Can I get something over the counter, or should I try a shady, grey-market website?
Etymology: Frisky- energetic, horny. Suffix 'ize' to infer the subject becoming the nature of the verb.
Pubescebo
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: Pu - bes - cebo
Sentence: Martha would not have told her husband that she added a multivitamin to his breakfast if she could have foreseen the pubescebo effect it would have on him, resulting in a trip to the doctor after his back went out.
Etymology: Pubescent - Placebo
Youtherapy
Created by: bubbos
Pronunciation: You-ther-apy
Sentence: A heavy dose of youtherapy has made John realize what he's been missing all these years.
Etymology: Youth + therapy
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
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)
Cocoonsequence
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: cah-coon-see-kwens
Sentence: sure, i had extra vitality, but the appearance of 15 superfluous nipples was an upsetting cocoonsequence
Etymology: consequence, cocoon[the movie...with steve guttenberg]
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COMMENTS:
too much catnip pill error, i'd say - galwaywegian, 2007-06-18: 06:18:00
Sheesh, that's some breast unhancement! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-18: 09:38:00
She must have misread the part where it said it would improve her mammary. unrelate: Everybody knows Wilford Brimley was the star of Cocoon! - jadenguy, 2007-06-18: 11:51:00
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Juveniledelinconsequence
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: joo ven eyl de lin kon se kwens
Sentence: Mabel was on the phone to her husband Walter's doctor about his most recent prescription and it's bizarre side effects. She asked him if was supposed to make him act young and immature again. "No", said, Dr. Gerry N. Tologist, "it's just supposed to revive his libido". "Well", said Mabel, "It has not done that because he is too busy listening to rap music, wearing his pants too low and acting like a punk. In fact, he's been arrested for driving his power chair too fast and spraying graffiti all over the neighbours' fences. I am throwing out these pills, because I cannot live with the juveniledelinconsequence of his actions!"
Etymology: Juvenile Deliquent (a young offender) & Consequence (aftermath;result;outcome of an action)
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COMMENTS:
wow what long word, it works too - sanssouci, 2010-01-13: 14:59:00
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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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Rejuveninny
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: rijoōvəninē
Sentence: Walter was having issues with his circulation. A side effect of his new prescription is increased blood flow to certain underused parts of his anatomy. His wife amused and bemused by his rejuveninny behavior.
Etymology: rejuvenate (make someone or something look or feel younger) + ninny (a foolish person)
