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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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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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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!
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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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)
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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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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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)
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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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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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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