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'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.

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Oldbag

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: old - bagg

Sentence: Beatrice oldbagged her way through life until her friend Kay told her that she wasn't fooling anybody.

Etymology: old (advanced in years) bag (reference to the inevitable saggy bagginess of the loss of youth)

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Turnemit

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: turrn emm it

Sentence: he was sure that his new girdle would help him turnemit at the discoteche, but the cute ones still offered him a seat when he arrived.

Etymology: turn, time backwards (emit)

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COMMENTS:

I like your thinking on this one - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-29: 12:19:00

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Grandfailanator

Created by: danibriggs

Pronunciation: grand-fail-anator

Sentence: Mitchell's little sister is such a grandfailanator , she makes everyone believe that she is 17 when in reality she's only 14.

Etymology: grand-: great fail-: to deceive nat-: to be born

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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

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Agelastic

Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: uh-je-LAS-tik

Sentence: Although,for Bob, it was no laughing matter, Roxie was truly agelastic: a "1661" one week; a fibteen the next.

Etymology: blend of AGE & ELASTIC: Capable of adapting to change or a variety of circumstances; flexible, accomodating GELASTIC: SOED: laughable (rare); (agelastic: "unlaughable," not funny)sometimes found in books containing words the dictionary forgot.

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although I usually try to avoid words already found in various dictionaries, i decided,today,not to follow my usual practice. "Agelastic" 73% original according to google. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-23: 07:04:00

it is a good word - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-23: 12:07:00

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Bluffspan

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: bluff-span

Sentence: My grandma bluffspanned for her last 20 years. She never got any older than eighty - very deceightyful. Yes she lived to a feignoldage.

Etymology: bluff + lifespan

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Fabrigage

Created by: colapop

Pronunciation: FA-bri-gage

Sentence: Edna tried hard to fabrigage her way into the trendy nightclub, but Bruno wouldn't allow it.

Etymology: A combination of 'fabricate' (to make up for the purpose of deception) and 'age'. This includes a word-play on the word 'engage' [To engage in the fabrication of ones age].

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COMMENTS:

catchy - Jabberwocky, 2008-07-23: 12:11:00

Love it! :) - lumina, 2008-07-23: 22:51:00

Good one. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:52:00

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Misgierentation

Created by: grasshopper

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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.

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Pseudpaed

Created by: YourEnglishPal

Pronunciation:

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Etymology: PSEUD-False PAED-Child

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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