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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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Rejuvenackered
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: ree jew ven ack erred
Sentence: when he had wished for the body of a much younger man, he had hoped he'd be able to control his dribbling a little better. He was rejuvenackered, he shouldn't have gone to the nightclub in the first place and it was going to take him the best part of what remained of the night to get these damn leather trousers off.
Etymology: rejuvenation, knackered.
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COMMENTS:
Got my vote before the sentence was even there. I can use this one, it's great to say out loud. - petaj, 2007-06-21: 05:48:00
great definition - he was probably hoping for rejuvenknockhered - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 11:09:00
Yes! - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 11:09:00
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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
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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Infantasia
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: in-fant-AZE-ya
Sentence: The downside of Morton's having entered a state of infantasia was that he was unaware of the real parts of his life much of the time, and the upside was that during his lucid hours he was not really aware that he been to la-la land.
Etymology: Blend of 'Infant' (n. a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby. ) and 'fantasia' (n. something considered to be unreal, weird, exotic, or grotesque)
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COMMENTS:
I like this word. - hyperborean, 2012-10-17: 23:42:00
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Sourgripes
Created by: jadenguy
Pronunciation: saoor griipz
Sentence: Henderson was our greatest success in the field of unoldenization. Degerontigising is not without it's foibles. The greatest shock comes when they lose their will to vote and decide to rebel against the man, but that's just sour gripes from a lack of social security checks.
Etymology: sour grapes + gripe
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COMMENTS:
unoldenization sounds good to me - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 12:29:00
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Deselinify
Created by: bwesterlind
Pronunciation: De-Sehn-il-If-Eye
Sentence: v: As they years passed he continued to progressively desenilify. n: The man in the nursing home was full of desenilify
Etymology:
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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Deagerate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dee/age/er/ate
Sentence: The alzheimer's disease caused his brain to deagerate at a rate much quicker than his family had anticipated.
Etymology: DEAGERATE - verb - from DE (added to verbs to imply reversal) + AGE + DEGENERATE (to diminish in quality)
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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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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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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