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DEFINITION: v. To spend years and years wishing you could be young again, only to discover that it's actually happening, but not exactly as you imagined. n. The fear the you are getting so old that people will start treating you like a baby
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Tomandjerryatrics
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tom and jer ree at rix
Sentence: Thomas & Gerald were twin brothers who raised hell in their youth;had successful careers;raised families;outlived their spouses and now lived in the Ilk of Amnesia Nursing Home. They were now living the lives of tomandjerryatrics.
Etymology: Tom & Jerry (cartoon series about Tom Cat & Jerry Mouse;a commonplace phrase for youngsters indulging in riotous behaviour in 19th-century London) & Geriatrics (branch of medicine devoted to the aged and their illnesses)
Shrinkle
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: SHRING kuhl
Sentence: "You're just beginning to shrinkle," the doctor said. "I'd say you have a few good years left."
Etymology: (shrink: to dwindle) + (wrinkle: to crease)
Nostalgitis
Created by: SethelMerman
Pronunciation: no-stal-JY-tis
Sentence: Watching my grandchildren learn to tie their shoes as my daughter tied mine, gave me a case of nostalgitis.
Etymology: From (Nostalgia:n a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life ) + (itis: a suffix used in pathological terms and denoting abnormal states or conditions.
Unexretrospect
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: un-ex-RETro-SPECT
Sentence: Gloria was a renowned unexretrospectologist who had spent years and years researching a cure for the disorder in hopes of preventing it affecting her. However, it had happened anyway. She now could do cartwheels on a balance beam in a tiny pink leotard, albeit with arthritic bent knees, false teeth flying out of her mouth and flabby arms akimbo.
Etymology: unexpected + retrospections (in the noun form of the word, suffix eon is used in place of the usual ion to represent the years and years)
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COMMENTS:
A retrospectorant might cure that. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 07:28:00
Or a night on the town with a retrosexual. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 09:45:00
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Dependaby
Created by: Mrgoodtimes
Pronunciation: dah - pend - ay - bee
Sentence: Old Tom loved most aspects of growing old, more time with family, playing golf, long walks with no destination, if only he could stop the dependaby transformation.
Etymology: Depends (diapers) - baby (infant), antonym of dependable
Youthanize
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: u/thin/ize
Sentence: Every Thanksgiving, Grandpa would squeeze into his college football jersey and challenge all his "grandboys" to a little game of the "pigskin." The family thought all his youthanizing was a healthy thing, so they not only encouraged the after dinner shenanigans, but they even shouted, "TOUCHDOWN" when he tossed the pigskin in the hoop.
Etymology: Origin: Euthanize-Mercy killing to prevent a prolonged and painful death. :-)
Diselysium
Created by: weyrlady
Pronunciation: dis-e-lis-i-um
Sentence: He was given the body of a man forty years younger. Unfortunately, that man had died two weeks earlier, leading to one of the most severe cases of diselysium on record.
Etymology: A combination of "disillusioned" and "Elysium", as in the Greek Elysium Fields. The Elysium Fields were said to be a place of perfect, ideal happiness for the dead.
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COMMENTS:
Impressive! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 14:12:00
Great word! Got my vote!! - Stevenson0, 2007-06-21: 22:59:00
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Peterpandemonium
Created by: libertybelle
Pronunciation: PEE-ter-pahn-DE-MO-knee-yum
Sentence: As George saw the silver hairs slowly overtake his once raven colored head, he went into a sort of peterpandemonium -an unsighlty display involving a bottle of Grecian Formula, a vapid 20 something girlfirend and digging his old Member's Only jacket out of the attic.
Etymology: Peter Pan + Pandemonium
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COMMENTS:
Funny. - hyperborean, 2012-10-17: 23:39:00
Funny story to a really good word
- DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-26: 14:33:00
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Retroturing
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: ret trow tour ing
Sentence: Herbert found himself retroturing into an 60 year old in the day care center.
Etymology: retro - looking back uring - the second half of maturing
Younderyearning
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: you/ under/yre/ning
Sentence: I had to explain to my 10 yar old that her grandmother was not living vicariously but younderyerning.
Etymology: younder/days gone by, yearning/to want badly = younderyearning
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback, and the never-ending search for the magic pill that will make you young again. The funny thing is that when the rejuvenation does happen in the real world, it's usually a disaster -- and a source for inspiration. Thanks Rob! ~ James
ivonce - 2008-08-18: 09:40:00
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