Verboticisms

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: turrn emm it

Sentence: he was sure that his new girdle would help him turnemit at the discoteche, but the cute ones still offered him a seat when he arrived.

Etymology: turn, time backwards (emit)

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COMMENTS:

I like your thinking on this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-29: 12:19:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: mend ayj us

Sentence: Grandma Gilda had always been a mendageous type of person. Her true age was never known...she'd been twentynining it for as long as we could recall. Although offered senior's discounts at shops, she was indignant that people would think she was really that old. She took care of herself and acted young, but let's be honest, Mother Nature and Father Time exact their toll on us all. And it did not help that she told us stories of the War and the Great Depression. When Gilda turned 75, we had a big party for her in a local licensed restaurant. Her best gift by far was having the waiter card her...unbeknownst to her that we'd paid him twenty bucks to make a fuss of requiring proof of age. She was thrilled!

Etymology: Mendacious (tells fibs; given to lying;intentionally untrue) & Age (how long something has existed;begin to seem older; get older)

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: uh-PEER-en-hanse

Sentence: Sylvia truly believed that she could convincingly appearenhance her true age with subtle little untruths intended to take five years off her true age.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'appearance' (n. the state, condition, manner, or style in which a person or object appears; outward look or aspect) and 'enhance' (vb. improve; augment)

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Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: KRAHNG

Sentence: Little did Alex realise when he asked out the "non-traditional" grad student that she had a child almost as old as he--a classic case of chwrong.

Etymology: chrono- + wrong

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COMMENTS:

Dang it, it would have been clearer as "chwrongology". - mplsbohemian, 2007-05-29: 13:08:00

That starts to sound a bit Welsh, though. - Scattercat, 2007-05-29: 14:05:00

if you ever want to update your word just click 'edit' and then click 'oops i want to change the spelling'.. - rikboyee, 2007-05-29: 20:01:00

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: bluff-span

Sentence: My grandma bluffspanned for her last 20 years. She never got any older than eighty - very deceightyful. Yes she lived to a feignoldage.

Etymology: bluff + lifespan

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Created by: chrismduenas

Pronunciation: fact jed

Sentence:

Etymology: fake, aged

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COMMENTS:

fake, aged - chrismduenas, 2007-05-29: 02:49:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: men day jus

Sentence: When Edna joined up with the Under 60's Dance Club, a few people (ok, the lights were poor in there) suspected she was well past her sell-by date. But claiming to be 49 when you are really 89 is just plain mendageous activity. After her jitterbug/merengue/polka triathelon, she had chest pains and was short of breath. When the hunky firemen showed up, they got her going again in time to catch up on the Schotticshe and Virginia Reel. How did they do it? They used the De-FIB-rillator...guaranteed to ensure they tell the truth before they meet their makers in that great Dance Hall in the Sky!

Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally untrue;given to lying) & Age (begin to seem older; get older)

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: eldərfib

Sentence: Hanna and her friends at the retirement home are all too happy to spread false rumors about their respective ages. Hanna’s elderfib would make her ineligible to live at the home.

Etymology: elder (of a greater age) fib (a lie, typically an unimportant one)

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: el + dur + lie

Sentence: She's been saying she's 29 for years now, we all just put up with the elderlie.

Etymology: elderly lie

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Created by: Freepiehere

Pronunciation: MEL-AN-GER

Sentence:

Etymology:

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