Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ambigyoōājng

Sentence: Lois was born on Fibuary 29, 1960, a leap year. She says that she only celebrates her birthday every 4 years but friends have observed her acknowledging her Birthday Eve on a regular basis on Fibuary 28. They don*t concur with her amgibuaging theory. Nobody really believes that she is 13.25 years old.

Etymology: ambigious (open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning) + aging (grow old or older)

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COMMENTS:

must be using a calenderr - galwaywegian, 2009-12-10: 05:43:00

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Created by: suzanne

Pronunciation: ay-j-bee-fohr-ture-tee

Sentence: the singles mixer showed that the venal sin of agebeforetruthy was mainly confined to women whilst fewstrandsoftruth was committed by the men.

Etymology: age- the time an object has been deteriorating on this planet. truthy - veracity.

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Created by: cupoftea

Pronunciation: Un-age-errate

Sentence: She does tend to unagerrate

Etymology: un as in under or less than age as in age errate from exaggerate

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: uh-je-LAS-tik

Sentence: Although,for Bob, it was no laughing matter, Roxie was truly agelastic: a "1661" one week; a fibteen the next.

Etymology: blend of AGE & ELASTIC: Capable of adapting to change or a variety of circumstances; flexible, accomodating GELASTIC: SOED: laughable (rare); (agelastic: "unlaughable," not funny)sometimes found in books containing words the dictionary forgot.

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COMMENTS:

although I usually try to avoid words already found in various dictionaries, i decided,today,not to follow my usual practice. "Agelastic" 73% original according to google. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-23: 07:04:00

it is a good word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-23: 12:07:00

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Created by: ysledd

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The lady misreperaged her age in the I.D. photo.

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Created by: karenanne

Pronunciation: SUB ter fayj

Sentence: Every time people try to find out how old Elder Lee really is, he resorts to some subterfage. He is the only person I know who went and got a fake ID to appear YOUNGER. Once he even tried to pass off his own son as his brother, which his son did not particularly appreciate.

Etymology: subterfuge + age

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: mis/age/er/ee

Sentence: Misagery is a common practice among first year college and university students using fake I.D.'s to gain access to bars near the campus.

Etymology: MISAGERY - noun - from MIS (wrong; amiss) + AGE (a period measured by years from birth) + FORGERY (something counterfeit, or fraudulent)

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Created by: kensiesfate

Pronunciation: loose-ay-ear-dom

Sentence: Poor thing, we know she is 74, but she suffers from looseayeardom.

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Created by: 718114

Pronunciation: ME-SO-PER-JUR-Y

Sentence: The teenager committed mesoperjury in order to illegally buy beer.

Etymology: Meso: Age Perjury: dishonesty

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Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: mis-STEYJ-muhnt

Sentence: Carol's reply was an obvious misstagement, but Officer Dan opted to let it slide.

Etymology: misstatement + age

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