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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
Verboticisms
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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?).
Nostalgitis
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: no-stal-JY-tis
Sentence: Watching my grandchildren learn to tie their shoes as my daughter tied mine, gave me a case of nostalgitis.
Etymology: From (Nostalgia:n a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life ) + (itis: a suffix used in pathological terms and denoting abnormal states or conditions.
Peterpangst
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: pee-tur-pangst
Sentence: The surgery went well - he looked like a 20-year old again. However, he began agedecrying and a wave of Peterpangst washed over him when he was rejected for the senior citizens' discount at Walmart.
Etymology: Peter Pan, angst
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COMMENTS:
perhaps he shouldn't have tinkerbelled with his looks - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 10:44:00
Well, he Hooked up with Wendy, who was much younger. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 12:06:00
yes I hear she was a Darling - he probably thought he would neverland her - porsche, 2007-06-21: 12:10:00
He heard the clock ticking and had to make his move. - Stevenson0, 2007-06-21: 12:18:00
he nearly got his croc cleaned in that fight - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 12:24:00
A big hand for the croc! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 13:14:00
Gotta hand it to you... I liked this one. - texmom, 2007-06-23: 23:40:00
Oh... Peter Pan! LOL you can imagine what I thought. - texmom, 2007-06-23: 23:41:00
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Renatalize
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: re-na-ta-lize
Sentence: Renatalization was a subfield of Geriatrics and still in the experimental stages. Adolfia Ghering, MD, was among its pioneers. The hopes and dreams of mankind were still a fertile (and sometimes foolish, Adolfia thought) field full of promise. Finding just the right patients took...well, patience. But, afterall, the market was ripe with eager Baby Boomers. Sitting before her now was a dear little man who looked so much like Albert Einstein. Soon she would know if little Albert had been a cute and cuddly baby. Now that the technique had been approved for trial, Adolfia just needed this guy to sign on the dotted line while there was still time to renatalize him. Now if she could just get the pen to stay in his trembling hand...
Etymology: From re, meaning again + natal, meaning relating to one's time of birth
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COMMENTS:
ooh - nice etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:26:00
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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
Diselysium
Created by: weyrlady
Pronunciation: dis-e-lis-i-um
Sentence: He was given the body of a man forty years younger. Unfortunately, that man had died two weeks earlier, leading to one of the most severe cases of diselysium on record.
Etymology: A combination of "disillusioned" and "Elysium", as in the Greek Elysium Fields. The Elysium Fields were said to be a place of perfect, ideal happiness for the dead.
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COMMENTS:
Impressive! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 14:12:00
Great word! Got my vote!! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-21: 22:59:00
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Desidorianate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: di-si-DAWR-ee-uhn-eyt
Sentence: It was twenty full years before Jake realized that his desidorianation had come into conflict with his dreams of retiring by fifty.
Etymology: desiderate + Dorian Gray
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COMMENTS:
Too bad nobody told him at the doriantation - I guess it was a bit of a gray area - porsche, 2007-06-21: 11:54:00
Great word Clayton! Made me run to the dictionary. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 12:15:00
wilde sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 15:52:00
Heh. I oughta win an Oscar. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 20:09:00
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Deselinify
Created by: bwesterlind
Pronunciation: De-Sehn-il-If-Eye
Sentence: v: As they years passed he continued to progressively desenilify. n: The man in the nursing home was full of desenilify
Etymology:
Shrinkle
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)
Comments:
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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