Verboticism: Mortifeonscious

'Do you think she is overreacting to our surprise party?'

DEFINITION: n., The shock and embarrassment felt after innocently implying that you are much younger, only to discover that everyone actually knows how old you really are. v., To be embarrassed when caught lying about your age.

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Mortifeonscious

Created by: sean30

Pronunciation: Morti-fe-ons-cious

Sentence: Ive never felt so Mortifeonscious recently, after i was caught out over my age while taking my junior cert exam. I think growing a beard might have contributed to unmasking my true age!

Etymology: Mortify - Self-conscious

Points: 710

Comments: Mortifeonscious

silveryaspen - 2008-02-05: 07:02:00
Liked the 'eon' in there, too! When his fiancée found out his true age he was even more mortfeonscious! Neat creation!

purpleman - 2008-02-05: 16:51:00
to hard to pronounce

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