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DEFINITION: n. Creams, potions, and other concoctions which allegedly mask the effects of aging. v. To apply creams to your skin in a desperate attempt to make yourself look younger.
Verboticisms
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Yungtion
Created by: saqibzamir
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COMMENTS:
Yunctionate yourself a little....your horrible wrinkles are not easy on the eyes. - saqibzamir, 2016-08-31: 12:51:00
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Punkeddeleon
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: punked/duh/lee/on
Sentence: Sally should have been suspicious when the anti-aging cream came with its own mirror but the results were so staggering that she didn't mind being punkeddeleon.
Etymology: punked (tricked by means of a practical joke) + Ponce de Leon (explorer who searched for the fountain of youth)
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COMMENTS:
we need more of those magic mirrors! luv the modern twist to the man of yore! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-16: 10:36:00
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Jungcream
Created by: feltcap
Pronunciation: ˈjʊŋ-krm
Sentence: The jungcream helped in her quest to find individuation by immersing her in analysis of her psyche.
Etymology: jung - a reference to Carl Jung, a Swiss psychologist who founded analytical psychology, cream - a cosmetic agent used to soften or smooth the skin
Masquerage
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: mask your age
Sentence: Sam spent twelve hours at the salonspah and put on a good masquerage for the event...her masquerage was convincing! All the guests thought she was someone younger, someone new, someone else!
Etymology: masquerage - from the words masquerade (under false guise) and age.
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COMMENTS:
Good word...who was that masqued woman??? - Nosila, 2009-02-16: 15:57:00
Samoneindenial! - splendiction, 2009-02-16: 18:02:00
Outer-age-ously perfect - silveryaspen, 2009-02-16: 22:10:00
Really good! - kateinkorea, 2009-02-17: 19:06:00
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Eliminaging
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ell im in ay jing
Sentence: Her eliminaging regimen was so effective but toxic she eliminated a regiment.
Etymology: eliminating aging
Mythelixir
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mithiliksər
Sentence: Mythty may be mythguided or mythtaken but she let mythgivings go and put her faith in the mythticism of the latest mythsteriouth mythelixir she saw on TV. Was she mythled? Perhaps, but it was produced in her home State of Mythithippi.
Etymology: myth (a traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events) + elixir (a magical or medicinal potion)
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COMMENTS:
My tongue hurts! - otherguy, 2009-02-16: 07:05:00
Unmythtakeably good word! - Nosila, 2009-02-16: 15:58:00
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Youthanize
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: yuth an eyze
Sentence: Marjorie tried every product on the market in an effort to youthanize the wrinkles on her face. She realized that middle age was really the fact that you were caught having to use Clearasil and Oil of Olay at the same time.
Etymology: Youth (young person) & Euthanize (the act of killing someone painlessly)
Koldskream
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: cold-screem
Sentence: Poor old Trinkle Wilskins's imported caviar Koldskream gave her quite a fright. She could not figure out why when she looked in the mirror...her Mother appeared instead.
Etymology: Cold spelled with a K. and Scream spelled with a K. to be a version of coldcream- Coldcream - a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin cold cream, face cream, vanishing cream emollient, ointment, cream - toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin. *If it doesn't erase 50 years off your face you'll end up screaming.
Byouthycream
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: byoo tee kreem
Sentence: Her byouthycream took years off her face. Now she just needed some new foundathin garments
Etymology: beauty cream, youth
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COMMENTS:
amazing blend - silveryaspen, 2009-02-16: 10:44:00
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-16: 10:58:00
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Illuskin
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: eel - loos - kin
Sentence: Marla was under the illuskin that all of the age-defying creams, lotions and injections had taken years off of her face. Despite spending hours every day applying various potions to her face, she still had loose skin.....
Etymology: Illusion + Skin + loose skin >>Illusion (delusion: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas) Skin (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch) + loose skin (not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey)
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COMMENTS:
illustrious - silveryaspen, 2009-02-16: 10:49:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Brilliant! LOL! One of the best ever.
Thank you GlobalGallery. And thanks again to Silvery to coming up with the idea! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James