Vote for the best verboticism.

'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.

Create | Read

Verboticisms

Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...

You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.

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.

----------------------------
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

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

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

----------------------------
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

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Tempestafucitum

Created by: CanadianAndyCapp

Pronunciation: Tem-pust-a-fook-e-tum

Sentence: Annie had a total tempestafucitum over finding out that her true age had been found out and that her attempts to diguise the effects of time had failed.

Etymology: Tempest :(orig Latin. Tempus) - a storm related to time. A : (French. ) to. Fucitum : (Latin.) - to be caught or ensnared. See Also: Chronolonakitum (Orig. Greek)

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

I like this one. Reminds me of "tempus fugit" - ErWenn, 2008-02-05: 10:11:00

Far out! Kudos for originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:21:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Yourforties

Created by: sheepsshouldfly

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Fibromyagea

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Fib - ro - mi - AJ - ya

Sentence: Eloise felt the reddening of her face as a wave of fibromyagea swept over her when she realized she'd been caught exaggerating her youth.

Etymology: Fib + my age (a play words on the malady fibromyalgia)

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

A painful realization, apparently. Interesting blend. - Tigger, 2008-02-05: 02:56:00

good one! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-05: 07:20:00

nice blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 15:49:00

nice blend but its to hard to pronounce - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 16:54:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Birthdaybashful

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: birth-day-bash-full

Sentence: the looks on everyones faces as i started my speech with 'thankyou all for helping me celebrate my 40th birthday' made me feel very birthdaybashful

Etymology: birthday, bashful, birthday bash

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Interesting choice of words incorporated in your unique appealing tender creation. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:11:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Trickage

seniouxa13

Created by: seniouxa13

Pronunciation: trik-eyj

Sentence: This trickage is getting on my nerves that I'm getting more wrinkles on my forehead!

Etymology: From trick and age, literally to trick about the age

| Comments and Points

Sprungchicken

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sprung-chick-n

Sentence: Eva Longevia was a sprungchicken. She insisted that she was only in her 30s, even in front of her parents who were both sprightly octogenarians. They quickly put the assembled guests to rights, disclosing that Eva was actually in her fifties.

Etymology: sprung (slang for caught, found out) + spring chicken (colloquialism for young person)

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

petaj I seem to have a fowl theme going this week - petaj, 2008-11-28: 04:01:00

You might have a fowl theme going, but they are so good, you might say they are the cock of the walk! I will long use and chuckle over sprungchicken and roasttrickey, and laugh a long time with you over them. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-28: 14:02:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Crimsenescence

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KRIM-si-NES-uht

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, crimsenescence and muttonrouge, she quickly explained to all and sundry, "I never forgotten my age - once I decided what it was to be!"

Etymology: CRIMSENESCENCE: Blend of CRIMSON: reddened, red-faced, flushed & SENESCENCE: growing; old,aging. CANDLE: (the number of) as a symbol of age on a birthday cake & BLUSH: To become red in the face through embarassment. MUTTONROUGE: as in "mutton done up as lamb;" Rouge: as in red for embarrasment. Also a play on, or antonym of, the "Moulin Rouge."

| Comments and Points

Guilestone

Created by: loxhobabl

Pronunciation: gile-stone

Sentence: Karen perpetrated a >guilestone at her birthday get-together.

Etymology: guile, milestone

| Comments and Points

Show All or More...

 

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