Verboticisms

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: trunk-date

Sentence: Her face looked like a thousand miles of bad road; why did she feel the need to truncdate and say she was 30?

Etymology: truncate, date

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COMMENTS:

oooh - maybe she was young and beautiful on the inside - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-29: 15:48:00

Maybe she'd travelled a thousand miles of bad road in the trunk! - petaj, 2007-05-30: 05:12:00

petaj - you have a very vivid imagination!! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-30: 10:47:00

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Created by: kelseyslack

Pronunciation: broder-squirrel

Sentence: the brodersquirrel looks a lot younger than he is by the way he stores his nuts

Etymology: broder- brother squirrel- to hoard,or store away

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: uh-PEER-en-hanse

Sentence: Sylvia truly believed that she could convincingly appearenhance her true age with subtle little untruths intended to take five years off her true age.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'appearance' (n. the state, condition, manner, or style in which a person or object appears; outward look or aspect) and 'enhance' (vb. improve; augment)

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Created by: Freepiehere

Pronunciation: MEL-AN-GER

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: eldərfib

Sentence: Hanna and her friends at the retirement home are all too happy to spread false rumors about their respective ages. Hanna’s elderfib would make her ineligible to live at the home.

Etymology: elder (of a greater age) fib (a lie, typically an unimportant one)

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Created by: JoshB

Pronunciation: lee-oh-age

Sentence: Mary's fake id was lioaged.

Etymology: Li=lie-tell an untruth age-long but indefinite period in human history.

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Created by: Trystera

Pronunciation: krawn-AWB-fyoo-skate

Sentence: Despite her attempts at chronobfuscation, young Cindi was not allowed to join AARP.

Etymology: Chrono- (time) + obfuscate

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: lye den tit eeee kard

Sentence: Being eaten by short sighted cannibals was not the most wonderful of ends, but she did have the posthumous last laugh when the chief choked on a barticularly tough piece of her liver, having trusted the date on her liedentity card.

Etymology: identity card, lie

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COMMENTS:

well aged...good one! - Nosila, 2009-12-10: 14:53:00

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Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: ad/fib

Sentence: The ladies were wondering if they should even invite Estelle to the senior center's Valentine's Day function. It was meant for single ladies and gentlemen AND those under 65 not only got in free, but got first pick when it came to the first slow dance. While Estelle was a riot once she inhaled that first Manhattan, she was also know to adfib when it came to her age. At 82, there was no way she was going to pass for anything under 81 1/2 and the ladies were just not up for the humiliation at the front door.

Etymology: adlib: To improvise and deliver extemporaneously. fib: An insignificant or childish lie.

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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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