Vote for the best verboticism.

'Of course I'm twenty-one!'

DEFINITION: v. To lie about your age. n. A misrepresentation about your age, usually done in order to appear younger or older.

Create | Read

Verboticisms

Click on each verboticism to read the sentences created by the Verbotomy writers, and to see your voting options...

You have two votes. Click on the words to read the details, then vote your favorite.

Manipulage

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: ma-nip-ul-age

Sentence: Ah, c'mon, let me in! A bit of manipulaging has never done anyone any harm.

Etymology: manipulate+age

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

inspired! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-29: 04:27:00

vgood - suzanne, 2007-05-29: 08:03:00

excellent! - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-31: 15:44:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Hyperbolage

ohwtepph

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

| Comments and Points

Misagery

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)

| Comments and Points

Mendagecious

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: men dayj shus

Sentence: When it came to seeking the Fountain of Youth, our Granny could be very mandagecious. She would even pay service workers in bars, restaurants and liquor stores to card her...they loved the extra money and she loved everyone thinking she was under age!

Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally lying;given to untruths) & Age (how long someone or something has existed)

| Comments and Points

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.

| Comments and Points

Exaggerage

Created by: jadenguy

Pronunciation: Eggs adj yur age

Sentence: Her exaggeraging had finally caught up with her; the hive-mind spoke, and it was her time to be "liberated." Nobody that age should be allowed to wear baby-t's.

Etymology: Exaggerate + age. Maybe exagg' 'er age.

| Comments and Points

Chronomancy

Created by: Scattercat

Pronunciation: KROH-noh-man-see

Sentence: A bit of skillful chronomancy, and little Bobby was Robert, old enough to buy cigs for his classmates.

Etymology: Chronos, from the Greek, meaning time, and the -mancy ending, which is generally associated with magic or wizardry.

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Brilliant. - ErWenn, 2007-05-30: 03:41:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Appropriage

Created by: Filthy

Pronunciation: ə-ˈprō-prē-'āj

Sentence: Shirley took umbrage at the bartender's accusation of appropriage.

Etymology: Appropriage= appropriate (to take or make use of without authority or right AND/OR especially suitable or compatible) + age (an individual's development measured in years). Often mistakenly affixed with the prefix 'in-', the word 'appropriage' makes use of two distinct meanings of its first root word ('appropriate'). Specifically, the person committing the offense of appropriage is appropriating the rights and privileges afforded to someone of a different age; they are thus also pretending that their behavior is age-appropriate. The term has its origins in law enforcement slang. It was used to refer to an attempt at entry into adult establishments while under the legal age for entry, or into high school events by someone exceeding the socially appropriate age-range. The term only extended into the vernacular after suburbanite parents started to apply the law enforcement slang to refer to adults lying about their age for reasons of vanity. Purists insist on applying the original slang meanings, but lying about one's age for any reason has come to be an acceptable use of 'appropriage'.

| Comments and Points

Chwrong

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: KRAHNG

Sentence: Little did Alex realise when he asked out the "non-traditional" grad student that she had a child almost as old as he--a classic case of chwrong.

Etymology: chrono- + wrong

----------------------------
COMMENTS:

Dang it, it would have been clearer as "chwrongology". - mplsbohemian, 2007-05-29: 13:08:00

That starts to sound a bit Welsh, though. - Scattercat, 2007-05-29: 14:05:00

if you ever want to update your word just click 'edit' and then click 'oops i want to change the spelling'.. - rikboyee, 2007-05-29: 20:01:00

----------------------------

| Comments and Points

Lioage

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.

| Comments and Points

Show All or More...

 

Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-29: 01:01:00
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

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-29: 11:50:00
Hey Texmom, Thanks for the positive feeback! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-29: 11:51:00
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

metrohumanx metrohumanx - 2008-07-23: 00:41:00
LOVELY word, misagery...intuitive,impeccable etymology, and unlike my word, mercifully brief.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-12-10: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by ohwtepph. Thank you ohwtepph. ~ James