Verboticism: Youthless

'Well Doc, will I ever be young again?'

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

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Youthless

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: yooth les

Sentence: Doctor Payne broke the sad news to Theo that his mind was starting to reverse itself and go from adult to child again. He would soon go from youthless to useless and that prospect was sadder than any physical disability she could have diagnosed for him.

Etymology: Youth (the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person) & Less (comparative of little;used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs)

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