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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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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
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COMMENTS:
Interesting choice of words incorporated in your unique appealing tender creation. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:11:00
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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)
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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
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Antiquenatal
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: an teek nay tahl
Sentence: her antiquenatal class began badky when she went to the nightclub only to be served drinks by her grandson
Etymology: anti natal, antique
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COMMENTS:
Did he serve her an old fashioned? Good Word. - Nosila, 2010-04-23: 13:46:00
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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)
Sprungchicken
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)
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COMMENTS:
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
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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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Humiliagescam
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: hue-mil-ee-AYJ-skam
Sentence: Naomi experienced a major attack of humiliagescam when she realized toward the end of the evening that most of the folks at the party knew she had taken ten years off her age in an earlier discussion.
Etymology: blend of 'humiliate' (to reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : mortify) 'age' and 'scam' (a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation)
Deviageon
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: dee vee aje on
Sentence: Priscilla was guilty of deviageon, because she thought her co-workers had forgotten all the other years she had celebrated her 29th birthday...all of her 20 years working with them!
Etymology: deviate (be at variance with) & age (your REAL age)
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COMMENTS:
Devilish word. I like it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:26:00
Nice combo. It does seem to imply a devilish intent to lie about one's age. - Tigger, 2008-02-05: 21:31:00
Wow. Definitely gets a vote from me. - Maxine, 2008-02-05: 21:39:00
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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."
Crisage
Created by: LivingGummyWorm
Pronunciation: Cry-sage
Sentence: That birthday party was such a crisage!
Etymology:
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