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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
Verboticisms
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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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Poncedelirious
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: pons-du-leer-ee-us
Sentence: He had hoped the magic potion would make him feel 25 again, but instead he found himself poncedelirious and drooling within an hour.
Etymology: PONCE (from Ponce de Leon - the explorer looking for the fountain of youth) + DELIRIOUS (mental state characterized by confusion and agitation)
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COMMENTS:
I was hoping someone would make reference to Ponce de Leon. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 11:08:00
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Juvigruntled
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: ju·ve·grun·tled
Sentence: There was nothing for it. No matter how happy he tried to be with the kind nurse spoon feeding him pudding, the old man was juvigruntled. What he wouldn't give for a nice steak and his own knife and fork.
Etymology: JUVI from juvinle and GRUNTLED from disgruntled.
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COMMENTS:
And his own teeth to eat it with... - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:45:00
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Aberrajuvenize
Created by: Foghawk
Pronunciation: uh-BEAR-uh-joo-ven-ize
Sentence: Martin had the meaning of "careful what you wish for" driven home to him quite forcefully when a boring but admittedly good life in the retirement home was suddenly switched with painful hours in a seedy daycare after, one week in late December, he abruptly aberrajuvenized.
Etymology: From "aberrant" and the Latin root "juvenis", denoting youth.
Nappydays
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Nap-pee-dayz
Sentence: Bob's wish to be young again had finally come true. Having been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease he could no longer fend for himself and had reverted back to having a mental age of three. He was certainly back in his nappydays!
Etymology: Nappy(a piece of absorbant material wrapped around babies to absorb bodily functions)ORIGIN abb.Napkin + Days = Nappydays. See also Happydays. A comedy following a group of teenagers growing up in the 1950's, when their lives where full of fun and being young thought nothing could ever go wrong in life.
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COMMENTS:
funny, he became a fonz de leon - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:24:00
Isn't this a sad definition? Good word, TJayzz. - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:44:00
Very clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 06:03:00
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Petardeleon
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: pe-tar-de-lee-on
Sentence: Arthur's delight at once again having a full set of teeth was petardeleoned by his realization that he could no longer digest anything stronger than porridge!
Etymology: petard (as in: hoist with your own) + de Leon (as in: Ponce de Leon, Fountain of Youth etc)
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COMMENTS:
Two Ponce de Leon references today. Amazing... - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 11:12:00
Having UK roots I almost feel sorry for the old guy. The English would use "ponce" in place of "pimp", so was he actually touting for exotic animals? - administraitor, 2007-06-21: 11:35:00
The word "ponce" is used to describe effeminate men, I believe. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 20:11:00
That too - useful word, no? - administraitor, 2007-06-21: 22:47:00
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Youthanasia
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: youth + an + azh + ah
Sentence: Heck, I don't remember that, I've been undergoing youthanasia.
Etymology: Well, we've all heard about Ponce deLeon and his fountain of youth, maybe this is it!
Desidorianate
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: di-si-DAWR-ee-uhn-eyt
Sentence: It was twenty full years before Jake realized that his desidorianation had come into conflict with his dreams of retiring by fifty.
Etymology: desiderate + Dorian Gray
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COMMENTS:
Too bad nobody told him at the doriantation - I guess it was a bit of a gray area - porsche, 2007-06-21: 11:54:00
Great word Clayton! Made me run to the dictionary. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 12:15:00
wilde sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 15:52:00
Heh. I oughta win an Oscar. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 20:09:00
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Infantasy
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: in - FANT - uh - see
Sentence: Having already begun to enter the twighlight zone of his life, Harold didnt fully comprehend the full ramifications of what infantasy had to offer....fortunately.
Etymology: Blend of infant and fantasy.
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COMMENTS:
shades of the movie 2001 - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:23:00
Excellent word, Mustang...I guess that's why the mind goes first! - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:41:00
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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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