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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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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.
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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Regretssion
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: rE-gret-shun
Sentence: Tom, at the age of 99, felt regretssion that he couldn't compete in this year's Ironnman.
Etymology: regression/regret
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COMMENTS:
gret word toadstool - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 16:39:00
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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. :-)
Oldzheimers
Created by: hooterbug
Pronunciation: olts′hī′mərz
Sentence: Grampa James was slowly developing a case of Oldsheimer's. Young Cindy listened to him as he spoke to her about how much he used to love cannonballing in the community pool when he was a boy. "You know, Cindy- Gramps might just have 1 or 2 more jumps in me left...You wanna run outside to the pool?" Little Cindy was speechless and didnt know what to reply. "Aw c'mon Cindy, I've got that warm feeling I used to get when I jumped into a nice warm pool!" Thankfully, Young Cindy's mom interrupted and said, "Oh no you don't...someone made a stinky!"
Etymology: Blend of "Old" + "Altzheimer's"
Deagerate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dee/age/er/ate
Sentence: The disease caused his body to deagerate at a rate much quicker than his family had anticipated.
Etymology: degenerate + age
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COMMENTS:
Good definition - cococo, 2007-06-21: 10:06:00
got my vote! - remistram, 2007-06-21: 10:53:00
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Methuselize
Created by: pungineer
Pronunciation: meth/thooz/al/eyes
Sentence: Henry felt as fit as a fiddle, since retiring he had taken up hangliding, white water rafting and book keeping, he felt as young as a kitten. His wife felt like she was going through a strange second stage of motherhood as she was keeping Henry in adult incontinence drawers so he could do all his activities with confidence... Her health care provider told her it was a classic case of methuselism.
Etymology: Methuselah - really old fictional character + ise - overused verbotomy suffix thanks for Ozziebob's inspiritional sentence...
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COMMENTS:
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:25:00
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Retropetrifry
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: ret-ro-PET-rih-fry
Sentence: Elmo J. Fox didn't mind getting old- he just didn't want to RETROPETRIFRY like those guys sitting on resin chairs outside the Veteran's Tapdance Administration. Elmo had too many good memories, and when he was driving alone he thought of many women he had loved, or believed he had. Turns out they hadn't loved him, though, and right now he just wished someone were sitting in the passenger seat - someone who would get his jokes - not his fuzzy slippers. The clear beauty of this vibrant day could only be better shared with someone....mabye that redhead at the clinic would like to watch an old movie some evening.....NAAAH ! Elmo J. Fox would eventually,inexorably,inevitably become: RETROPETRIFRIED.
Etymology: RETRO+PETRIfy+FRY=RETROPETRIFRY________RETRO:meaning "backwards" or "in past times"French rétro, short for rétrospectif _____PETRIFY:to make rigid or inert like stone: a: to make lifeless or inactive like an old fart feeding pigeons on a bench in the park on a saturday afternoon. Middle French petrifier, from petr- + -ifier –ify_____FRY: to damage or destroy by overheating especially as a result of unusually high voltage, too many rock concerts, or generally intense living.Middle English frien, from Anglo-French frire, from Latin frigere to roast; akin to Greek phrygein to roast, fry, Sanskrit bhṛjjati he roasts;late 1960s jargon "Man, that dude is FRIED!"
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COMMENTS:
Get my drift?
http://www.textetc.com/workshop/wt-verlaine-1.html - metrohumanx, 2008-08-14: 02:02:00
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS. - metrohumanx, 2008-08-14: 02:06:00
great word metro - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:21:00
Good word, RetroMetro! - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:39:00
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Doddler
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dädlər
Sentence: LLoyd may be retired but he is still very active. He is part of a group that power walks the local shopping mall each morning. He hates it when he gets stuck behind a doddler.
Etymology: dodder (tremble or totter, typically because of old age) + toddler (a young child who is just beginning to walk)
Renatalize
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: re-na-ta-lize
Sentence: Renatalization was a subfield of Geriatrics and still in the experimental stages. Adolfia Ghering, MD, was among its pioneers. The hopes and dreams of mankind were still a fertile (and sometimes foolish, Adolfia thought) field full of promise. Finding just the right patients took...well, patience. But, afterall, the market was ripe with eager Baby Boomers. Sitting before her now was a dear little man who looked so much like Albert Einstein. Soon she would know if little Albert had been a cute and cuddly baby. Now that the technique had been approved for trial, Adolfia just needed this guy to sign on the dotted line while there was still time to renatalize him. Now if she could just get the pen to stay in his trembling hand...
Etymology: From re, meaning again + natal, meaning relating to one's time of birth
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COMMENTS:
ooh - nice etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:26:00
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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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