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'Do you think she is overreacting to our surprise party?'

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.

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Mendaciouspause

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: men day shus pawz

Sentence: When the kiddies in her office gave Joan a surprise birthday party, it gave her a mendaciouspause to see they had gotten the right amount of candles on her cake. She'd been 29 as long as she had worked there, for over 20 years. How did they guess she wondered? She had been very careful at disguising her true age...hair died dark chocolate brown, wrinkle creams galore, wearing trendy, youthful clothes, etc. What Joan did not know was that the kiddies weren't blind...they'd seen her taking Geritol breaks, wearing support hose, having hot flashes and most tellingly, they'd seen the big box of Depends in her bottom desk drawer...damn those tv commercials she thought!

Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally untrue;given to lying) & Menopause (time in a woman's later life when her fertility ends)

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Candleblush

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KAN-dl-bluhsh

Sentence: When celebrating a surprize birthday party with her twin brother, Roxie's friends found out that they were not identical: he was forty-five and she was only thirty-one! Despite her candleblush, she quickly explained to all and sundry, "I never forgotten my age - once I decided what it was to be!"

Etymology: CANDLE: (the number of) as a symbol of age on a birthday cake & BLUSH: To become red in the face through embarassment.

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COMMENTS:

Wow, fraternal twins of different ages! I think I remember hearing about that in a science documentary on the Theory of Relativity once, involving one twin travelling in a really fast spaceship. - Tigger, 2008-02-05: 02:48:00

Great word, BTW! - Tigger, 2008-02-05: 02:52:00

good one again OZZIE! - bananabender, 2008-02-05: 04:24:00

Very interesting word Ozziebob. It reminds me of some other word, but im not sure. Very soft sounding word without being too harsh. Cool! - Dougalistic, 2008-02-05: 04:52:00

Such a romantic way of putting it ... evoking the empathy we all have for each other as the years pass. Doug said it better in the last sentence of his comment ... it is so soft. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:07:00

I second all of the above! (Especially silveryaspen's comment about how romantic it sounds.) You got my vote! - Maxine, 2008-02-05: 07:26:00

Fantastic word. - ErWenn, 2008-02-05: 10:13:00

a dangerous brush with those candles - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 16:39:00

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Annunull

thegoatisbad

Created by: thegoatisbad

Pronunciation: an-ye-nul

Sentence: You are cordially invited to Kimberly's annunull birthday party! Come celebrate as Kimberly turns 27, again. Kimberly is registered at Bed, Bath & Beyond; Hancock Fabrics; and the Birkenstock outlet. Party starts at 4:30. BYOB. Park down the street.

Etymology: annual (happening yearly) + null (amounting to nothing)

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COMMENTS:

Happy Annunull, Kimberly! - Nosila, 2010-04-23: 23:24:00

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Uncandled

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: Un - Can - Dulled

Sentence: Samantha became totally uncandled when she ran into one of her former high school chums. She was out celebrating her 40th birthday with her new boyfriend Charles and her friend, Jill kept mentioning their upcoming 40th reunion. Samantha was gettied worried about the puzzled looks that Charles kept giving her. She started to hope that he was a bit more illiterate than she had thought.

Etymology: Candle is derived from the good old birthday candle that is used to signify a person's age. This word is prefixed with "Un" which has been used to signify a loss of composure in such words as unhinged, unglued and undone (she's come undone).....

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Smaeoee

FinntheWaffle

Created by: FinntheWaffle

Pronunciation: SM-AY-EE-OH

Sentence: Kaitlyn: Oh my God I want a cupcAKE ;-; Jasmine: SMAEOE

Etymology: The same as same, but saying it more fag-ified c:

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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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Agionous

Created by: EBalser

Pronunciation: Age-io-nus

Sentence: Yesterday,I was hanging out with a bunch of 12 year olds after school and my boyfriend walked by wondering why I was, in that very moment I was agionous.

Etymology: ag-how old you are ionous-lying

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Discombobulage

Created by: dochanne

Pronunciation: Dis com bob you lage

Sentence: When Helen opened the door she was pleasantly surprised to find her friends waiting with a cake, until her eye caught the smirk on Jame's face and her joy turned to discombobulage: was that a "40" candle?

Etymology: Discombobulate: to upset, fluster or distress Age: how many trips around the sun one has lived through

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COMMENTS:

Don't I know you from somewhere ? - emdeejay, 2008-12-01: 02:55:00

That sounds like a pick-up line :) - dochanne, 2008-12-04: 13:06:00

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Shamefaged

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: shaym-fajd

Sentence: Goldie wishfullied and prevaricaged she was in her 20's. She was outrajeoned and hoaryfied by those courageous enough to treat her like the forty-something she was. Their realizageshuns bombaged her and left her shamefaged.

Etymology: A play on being shamefaced when forced to admit one's real age ... shamefaged.

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COMMENTS:

so many good words - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 09:42:00

Verbountiful! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:22:00

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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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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-05: 00:55:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-02-06: 07:14:00
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!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-04-23: 00:07:00
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James