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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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Mendageous
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: men day jus
Sentence: When Edna joined up with the Under 60's Dance Club, a few people (ok, the lights were poor in there) suspected she was well past her sell-by date. But claiming to be 49 when you are really 89 is just plain mendageous activity. After her jitterbug/merengue/polka triathelon, she had chest pains and was short of breath. When the hunky firemen showed up, they got her going again in time to catch up on the Schotticshe and Virginia Reel. How did they do it? They used the De-FIB-rillator...guaranteed to ensure they tell the truth before they meet their makers in that great Dance Hall in the Sky!
Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally untrue;given to lying) & Age (begin to seem older; get older)
Whoppage
Created by: renzeb
Pronunciation: Wah-pij
Sentence: Sandy's whoppage fooled the bouncer into letting her into the club.
Etymology: Whopper+age
Mendageous
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mend ayj us
Sentence: Grandma Gilda had always been a mendageous type of person. Her true age was never known...she'd been twentynining it for as long as we could recall. Although offered senior's discounts at shops, she was indignant that people would think she was really that old. She took care of herself and acted young, but let's be honest, Mother Nature and Father Time exact their toll on us all. And it did not help that she told us stories of the War and the Great Depression. When Gilda turned 75, we had a big party for her in a local licensed restaurant. Her best gift by far was having the waiter card her...unbeknownst to her that we'd paid him twenty bucks to make a fuss of requiring proof of age. She was thrilled!
Etymology: Mendacious (tells fibs; given to lying;intentionally untrue) & Age (how long something has existed;begin to seem older; get older)
Fauxvest
Created by: 719985
Pronunciation: fOH-vest
Sentence: That girl has a fauxvest identity! There's no way she's 21!
Etymology: faux - french word for fake vest - garment
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COMMENTS:
This word is copyrighted. If anyone decides to use this in a dictionary, I expect payment. - 719985, 2014-02-06: 14:54:00
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Malmaturation
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: mal mat ture a shun
Sentence: At the meeting of the red hat society she committed malmaturation by saying she was 55 when everyone knew she was at least 70.
Etymology: mal - bad mature - aging tion - makes it a noun
Embellage
Created by: guesser
Pronunciation: Em - bell - age
Sentence: You are so guilty of embellage! There is no way you are the same person pictured on this Drivers License!
Etymology: Embellish + Age
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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Perjuvenate
Created by: cohenarie
Pronunciation: per-'joo-ven-ate
Sentence: Because she worked in Hollywood, Julie felt constant pressure to perjuvenate - she wasn't ready to become a 'character' actress just yet.
Etymology: perjury + juvenile, with maybe a hint of renovate
Adultergate
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: a/dult/ur/gayte
Sentence: Sally tried to adultergate her age by shopping at GAP for kids but even though her small frame fit the no iron clothes she always looked wrinkled.
Etymology: aduterate (falsify) + adult + watergate (in this case referring to a cover up)
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