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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.
Verboticisms
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Demoralizageshun
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dee/moral/i/zayj/shun
Sentence: Sue suffered complete demoralizageshun when she and her girlfriends got carded after a Hannah Montana concert. She claimed she was dyslexic and thought 15 and 51 were the same.
Etymology: demoralization + age + shun
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COMMENTS:
Age dyslexia is as clever, fun and funny as demoralizageshun. (big grin). Greate creates! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 06:10:00
Clever blend & funny sentence. "1551" - reminds me of the "1661 Syndrome", where one looks attractive from the back (16), but not so attractive from the face (61)! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 15:44:00
to hard to pornonuce - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 19:11:00
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Chronspiracy
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: cron spiracy
Sentence: Wendy was aghast when she realised her friends had uncovered her chronspiracy. However would she live down not admitting she was really 31 !
Etymology: From the ancient Greek Chronos (The personification of time) and conspiracy
Chagrinamite
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: cha/GRIN/a/myt
Sentence: Betty's chagrinamite was obvious behind her wrinkled facade.
Etymology: chagrin + mite
Fossilies
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fos sil ayes
Sentence: Although she dressed and tried to act young, Methusalina's fossilies fooled no one. Many at the party thought the scar on her arm was from a bite inflicted on her by her pet dinosaur when she was a girl...
Etymology: Fossilize (convert to a fossil;be really old) & Lies (statements that deviate from or pervert the truth)
Embarrabusted
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: em-bar-uh-buh-sted
Sentence: When her coworkers threw her a birthday party Joan was embarrabusted when her true age was emblazoned on the cake.
Etymology: embarrassed (uncomfortably self-conscious) + busted (caught)
Ageghast
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: age/gast
Sentence: Since she was an agenostic and didn't belive in chronological age, she was ageghast when she was outed as being an octogenarian.
Etymology: age + aghast
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COMMENTS:
Love agenostic! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:14:00
Great words! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 19:39:00
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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
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COMMENTS:
Liked the 'eon' in there, too! When his fiancée found out his true age he was even more mortfeonscious! Neat creation! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:02:00
to hard to pronounce - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 16:51:00
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Wrinklerankle
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: rinkul rankul
Sentence: "Are you implying that I'm OLD?" raged a wrinklerankled Robin. "I am NOT OLD! I am thirty-three!" (She was forty-two.)
Etymology: wrinkle, rankle; rank, ran, ankle; rink, ink, inkle.
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COMMENTS:
Fun word! Fun sentence. But funniest was your last six words in the etymology! Clever mindworks and minedwords! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:29:00
Excellent verboticism! Truly made me laugh out loud. Etymology is cool too.....but...inkle? lol - Mustang, 2008-02-05: 07:32:00
good word, but wrinkleranklerankrananklerinkinkinkle is even better! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-05: 07:47:00
Great word and etymology! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:30:00
nice etymology.........................................................lol - purpleman, 2008-02-06: 20:00:00
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Humiliage
Created by: Dougalistic
Pronunciation: Hugh-milly-udge
Sentence: Janine's party was a complete flop. We knew she was like 16, she didn't fool anybody saying she was 22. I mean, who was she kidding? Anyway she had complete humiliage, and ran out the house screaming "im doomed, you all hate me!". We just laughed.
Etymology: Humiliate - To damage somebody's dignity or pride, especially publicly. Age - the life of something be it an inanimate object or living thing.
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COMMENTS:
Fits the definition so very well and the feeling that goes with it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:20:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:17:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-05: 06:56:00
Had so much fun with your definition remistram! All kinds of related verboticisms popped into my mind, some of which I couldn't resist putting in my sentence as I sat here laughing out loud. Everyone's great creations made me laugh more. Fun definition!
ErWenn - 2008-02-05: 10:09:00
I've made it a point to let my friends know that on my birthday cake, I expect one candle for every year of my age. (Next is the big three-oh.) You can't stop getting older, so you might as well enjoy the fire hazard that your birthday cake is slowly becoming.
remistram - 2008-02-05: 12:05:00
Can relate - turned the big 4-0 in January....ack!
Yes the fires are getting bigger ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-11-28: 14:10:00
Lots of fun and funny sentences today!
Nosila - 2008-11-28: 21:50:00
When I red your story I knew it was one in vermilion!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James