Verboticisms

Created by: andyhudson12

Pronunciation: Fab-ric-ayj

Sentence: "Yeah that's right, I managed to fabricage my way in here with my fake ID!"

Etymology: Fabricate and Age - FABRICAGE!

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Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: el + dur + lie

Sentence: She's been saying she's 29 for years now, we all just put up with the elderlie.

Etymology: elderly lie

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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

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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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COMMENTS:

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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Created by: ashrogers1734

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COMMENTS:

what is this. - 719985, 2014-02-06: 14:55:00

Do you even etymology, son?! - 719985, 2014-02-06: 14:57:00

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Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: Ayj - en - hans

Sentence: Although her appearance gave her away Muriel was confident that she could fool people with a bit of agenhance deceit and would always fudge her age by 5 or more years.....downward, of course.

Etymology: Blend of 'age' and 'enhance' (make better or more attractive)

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COMMENTS:

AGENHANCE- a VERY useable word! - metrohumanx, 2008-07-23: 01:49:00

Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-07-25: 17:50:00

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Created by: ysledd

Pronunciation:

Sentence: The lady misreperaged her age in the I.D. photo.

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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: YourEnglishPal

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Etymology: PSEUD-False PAED-Child

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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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