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DEFINITION: v. To lie about your age. n. A misrepresentation about your age, usually done in order to appear younger or older.
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Agetation
Created by: pandalhu
Pronunciation: Age/ta/tion
Sentence: I hate when kids use an agetation to buy drinks
Etymology: age form how many years old you are and tation from exaggeration
Pseudpaed
Created by: YourEnglishPal
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: PSEUD-False PAED-Child
Hyperbolage
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: high + purr + ball + AGE
Sentence: Oh my, the hyperbolage! I would not have thought that the police officer would believe Grandma Edna's hyperbolaged ID. He was probably stoned.
Etymology: hyperbole [exaggerations] + age
Agalien
Created by: suchipatel
Pronunciation: ug-ail-ee-in
Sentence: Her fake ID was an agalien to get into the club.
Etymology: Age - Length of life Alien - Of another "of another age"
Nafort
Agebeforetruthy
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.
Manipulage
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ma-nip-u-lage
Sentence: Grandma could manipulage herself when it suited her. She carried an old ID card in her wallet so that when she went to the singles dances at the firehall she could show that she was still a young chick, but at the mall she had her AARP ID to prove that she was eligible for her senior discount.
Etymology: manipulate: to tamper with or falsify for personal gain + age
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COMMENTS:
manipulant word - Nosila, 2009-12-10: 09:21:00
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Nulliskate
Created by: juliadeboard
Pronunciation: (null-eh-skate)
Sentence: After nulliskating her customers for so long, she forgot her real age.
Etymology: null-nothing skate-to get away with something
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by ohwtepph. Thank you ohwtepph! ~ James
texmom - 2007-05-29: 12:16:00
I like it.
Jabberwocky - 2007-05-29: 12:29:00
Is it just coincidental or is Edna Sky's name an anagram for ask deny
Hey Texmom, Thanks for the positive feeback! ~ James
Dear Jabberwocky, You certainly have a sharp eye for letters! It is accidental anagram. I created the name so she would sound old (edna/enda) and young (sky/kys) at the same time --> enda kys = last kiss. ~ James
LOVELY word, misagery...intuitive,impeccable etymology, and unlike my word, mercifully brief.
Today's definition was suggested by ohwtepph. Thank you ohwtepph. ~ James