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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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Fossillusion

Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /fos-si-loo-zhun/

Sentence: Although around the office, Maxine had been claiming she was only 32 for her past three birthdays, and either nobody had caught on, or they hadn't called her bluff. But her co-worker had enlisted her brother to bring the cake to the office this year, and with her true age written out for all to see, in a forest fire of candles, her fossillusion had ended right then and there.

Etymology: fossil - an old person; slang (from French, fossile "dug up") + illusion - an act of deception (from Latin, illusionem "a mocking pretense")

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COMMENTS:

lol! love the forest fire of candles! great combo! - bananabender, 2008-02-05: 03:00:00

Fascinating word that also conjures up those false illusions as we tell our wishfullie age. Fossillusion has a unique appeal. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:15:00

She could add years to her life by just telling the truth! Nice and cleverly blended word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:08:00

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Embarrage

Created by: logarithm

Pronunciation: ehm-bae-rej

Sentence: Imagine the embarragement Julie had at her surprise birthday party organised by her colleagues, when the number of candles on the cake correctly indicating her true age of 45, but all the while she has been telling them she was only thirty-something.

Etymology: 1) Embarrass: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. 2) Age: grow old or older.

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Yodaling

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: yoda/ling

Sentence: His yodaling was heard for miles when he was outed at his 90th birthday.

Etymology: yoda + yodeling

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COMMENTS:

Funny! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:23:00

wow nice combo - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 19:11:00

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Traumagetized

Created by: rombus

Pronunciation: trom - age - tized

Sentence: Jennifer looked great. After 38 appointments with Dr. Slinky, all of her fine lines and wrinkles had disappeared. She was convinced that she could pass for at least 15 years younger. What she totally forgot to consider was that she had living relatives who knew when she was born. Her worst fears came through when her relatives pitched in to rent a billboard on Route 290 going towards downtown Chicago as a birthday surprise. It bore the familiar "lordy, lordy, Jen is forty" cliche and featured some prize pictures of her, such as her birth photo, the day she lost her front teeth and the day she got her first bra. After Jennifer finally drove past the billboard, she became traumagetized.

Etymology: Traumatized (having physical or emotional shock inflicted) is the base word but the word Age is inserted in the middle of this word.

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COMMENTS:

nice word - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-28: 15:30:00

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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

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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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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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Agejury

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: age/jur/ee

Sentence: She committed agejury several times during her birthday party subtracting five years from her real age.

Etymology: age + perjury

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COMMENTS:

Clever blend. The jury out! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:31:00

nice - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 16:52:00

And reminds one also of the injury to the ego that aging brings! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:24:00

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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