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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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Embarragement
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: embarājment
Sentence: The surprise birthday party created nothing but embarragement. The truth came out when someone calculated that Suzie’s son would have been born when she was 4 years old.
Etymology: embarrassment (a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness) + age (the length of time that a person has lived)
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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Humiliaged
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Hew-mil-ee-ayged
Sentence: Brenda felt completely humiliaged when she discovered her husband Tim had told virtually everyone at the party her age. She had spent the last few hours trying to convince everyone that she was five years younger than she actually was.
Etymology: Humiliation(injure the dignity and self respect of, embarrass.) ORIGIN Latin humiliare 'make humble + Aged(of a specific age) = Humiliaged
Humiliaged
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: (h)yoōmilēājd
Sentence: Joyce was humiliaged when her coworkers threw her a surprise party. Somebody was clever enough to obtain a copy of the newspaper from the day she was born,as registered with HR, not what she had been telling people for years. OOPS! Busted!
Etymology: humiliate (make someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect) + aged (that has been subjected to aging)
Trickage
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
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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Whoopsage
Created by: ooosofia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I didn't realize my whoopsage until a fellow partygoer asked if I needed help turning up my hearing aid.
Etymology: whoops! + age
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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Agejury
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: age/jur/ee
Sentence: She committed agejury several times during her birthday party subtracting ten years from her real age.
Etymology: AGEJURY - noun - from AGE + PERJURY (The practice of lying; falsehood, untruthfulness)
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COMMENTS:
Guilty as charged! - Nosila, 2008-11-28: 21:47:00
I want to see my plastic surgeon! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-29: 14:42:00
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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