Verboticisms

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.

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Fab-ri-cage-shun

Sentence: How my 4 year old brother got away with the fabricagetion and obtained beer at the gas station is beyond me.

Etymology: Fabrication (a false story) + age (length of time someone has lived)

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Created by: chrismduenas

Pronunciation: fact jed

Sentence:

Etymology: fake, aged

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COMMENTS:

fake, aged - chrismduenas, 2007-05-29: 02:49:00

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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'.

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Created by: metrohumanx

Pronunciation: PREE-VARI-CRONE-OH- SPIN

Sentence: When dreary old rat faced Pat was pulled over by the Paramus police, she fumbled for her poorly-doctored driver's license and tried to turn on her nonexistant charm. Although she was older than hair, losing her eyesight and driving at the speed of a glacier, she tried to use PREVARICHRONOSPIN to convince the officer that she was NOT enfeebled by her many bitter years of ineffectual lies, duplicity and hands-on cellphone driving...................... "Lady, don't try to PREVARICHRONOSPIN your way out of this !" said the irate trafficop............... "You're a disgrace as a forger, and a pain to meet on the streets of this basically clean town."

Etymology: PREVARicate: to lie+................... CHRONOs: the personification of time+.. SPIN: to create an illusion for the porpoises of image enhancement.(whew)

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http://www.alltooflat.com/ - metrohumanx, 2008-07-23: 00:36:00

It's taught me to RESPECT the Romans! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-23: 00:37:00

great paragraph - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-23: 12:10:00

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Created by: Paulefinch

Pronunciation: kwoz'-I-dentifI

Sentence: 25 year old Robert quasidentified himself as 32 so he could check out more books from the library at a time.

Etymology: quasi+identify

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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: 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

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /ˌθɝdiˈnaɪn/

Sentence: My uncle thirtynined his way well into his 70's.

Etymology: From comedian Jack Benny, who always claimed to be thirty-nine years old, no matter how old he actually was.

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I predict that the number of votes my word gets today will be directly proportional to the average age of the players of this game. I also predict that because of this reference, everyone will mistake me for someone my father's age (wouldn't be the first time). - ErWenn, 2007-05-29: 13:44:00

I tried to stop my age from increasing when I turned 25, but I was only able to keep it up for a year. - ErWenn, 2007-05-29: 13:45:00

Well, the one difficulty is that this word only works one way (i.e. older pretending younger) whereas ostensibly the word ought to be able to apply both ways. That'll skew your prediction, since even those of us who get the reference might not vote for it because we're being sticklers... - Scattercat, 2007-05-29: 14:09:00

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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

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