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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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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
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
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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Elixhiliration
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: ee/lix/hill/ir/ay/shun
Sentence: The elixhiliration he felt when the effects of the wonder drug enabled him to fit into his old baseball uniform quickly dissipated when he realized he had last worn it when he was twelve.
Etymology: elixir + exhiliration
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COMMENTS:
Funny...sounds like me....beerlixir.. - Mustang, 2008-08-14: 06:48:00
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Freshenphase
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: fresh-en-faze
Sentence: The diapers, the long naps, even the constant drooling didn't bother Harold, it was the urge to crawl around on the floor that disturbed him, he thought - he must get his happy knees back from his son in a hurry!
Etymology: fresh (new, young) + phase (a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind)
Daydrool
Created by: mdmquincy
Pronunciation: day- drool
Sentence: The dapper gentleman daydrooled as he saw the hot young lass eye him disdainfully.
Etymology: Me
Geriatricks
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: jerry/a/triks
Sentence: Geriatricks is a miserable joke played on people in the prime of life
Etymology: geriatrics + tricks
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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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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