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'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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Aberrajuvenize

Created by: Foghawk

Pronunciation: uh-BEAR-uh-joo-ven-ize

Sentence: Martin had the meaning of "careful what you wish for" driven home to him quite forcefully when a boring but admittedly good life in the retirement home was suddenly switched with painful hours in a seedy daycare after, one week in late December, he abruptly aberrajuvenized.

Etymology: From "aberrant" and the Latin root "juvenis", denoting youth.

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Geriatricks

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: jerry/a/triks

Sentence: Geriatricks is a miserable joke played on people in the prime of life

Etymology: geriatrics + tricks

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Shrinkle

hyperborean

Created by: hyperborean

Pronunciation: SHRING kuhl

Sentence: "You're just beginning to shrinkle," the doctor said. "I'd say you have a few good years left."

Etymology: (shrink: to dwindle) + (wrinkle: to crease)

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Retroturing

Created by: texmom

Pronunciation: ret trow tour ing

Sentence: Herbert found himself retroturing into an 60 year old in the day care center.

Etymology: retro - looking back uring - the second half of maturing

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Deagerate

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: dee/age/er/ate

Sentence: The alzheimer's disease caused his brain to deagerate at a rate much quicker than his family had anticipated.

Etymology: DEAGERATE - verb - from DE (added to verbs to imply reversal) + AGE + DEGENERATE (to diminish in quality)

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Methuselize

Created by: pungineer

Pronunciation: meth/thooz/al/eyes

Sentence: Henry felt as fit as a fiddle, since retiring he had taken up hangliding, white water rafting and book keeping, he felt as young as a kitten. His wife felt like she was going through a strange second stage of motherhood as she was keeping Henry in adult incontinence drawers so he could do all his activities with confidence... Her health care provider told her it was a classic case of methuselism.

Etymology: Methuselah - really old fictional character + ise - overused verbotomy suffix thanks for Ozziebob's inspiritional sentence...

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COMMENTS:

very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:25:00

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Doddler

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: dädlər

Sentence: LLoyd may be retired but he is still very active. He is part of a group that power walks the local shopping mall each morning. He hates it when he gets stuck behind a doddler.

Etymology: dodder (tremble or totter, typically because of old age) + toddler (a young child who is just beginning to walk)

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Dependaby

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: dah - pend - ay - bee

Sentence: Old Tom loved most aspects of growing old, more time with family, playing golf, long walks with no destination, if only he could stop the dependaby transformation.

Etymology: Depends (diapers) - baby (infant), antonym of dependable

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Youthenasia

Created by: nohidden

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Silverblock

Created by: scrabbelicious

Pronunciation: Sill/ver/bloc

Sentence: As an honest writer of children's bedtime stories, PJ sometimes felt the retarding effects of writer's block, but when he was diagnosed with severe silverblock, he felt his life's work was a big lie and a product of his own vanity.

Etymology: Silverblock n. genetically modified variation of "silverback``, the lead (eldest?) male in a troop of gorillas, crossed with "writer's block``, a condition experienced by uninspired writers (perhaps in denial of lack of ability to be inspired?).

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-06-21: 01:38:00
Today's definition was inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback, and the never-ending search for the magic pill that will make you young again. The funny thing is that when the rejuvenation does happen in the real world, it's usually a disaster -- and a source for inspiration. Thanks Rob! ~ James

ivonce - 2008-08-18: 09:40:00
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