Verboticisms

Created by: ElCappa

Pronunciation: Moron-O-logic-Alice-ment

Sentence: I felt moronologicallessment after being turned away from the Liquor store. Turns out my fake ID wouldn't cut it.

Etymology: Moron - A Fool (Ch)ronological - Time related (Embar)assment - Shame

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Created by: Tigger

Pronunciation: /fos-si-loo-zhun/

Sentence: Although around the office, Maxine had been claiming she was only 32 for her past three birthdays, and either nobody had caught on, or they hadn't called her bluff. But her co-worker had enlisted her brother to bring the cake to the office this year, and with her true age written out for all to see, in a forest fire of candles, her fossillusion had ended right then and there.

Etymology: fossil - an old person; slang (from French, fossile "dug up") + illusion - an act of deception (from Latin, illusionem "a mocking pretense")

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COMMENTS:

lol! love the forest fire of candles! great combo! - bananabender, 2008-02-05: 03:00:00

Fascinating word that also conjures up those false illusions as we tell our wishfullie age. Fossillusion has a unique appeal. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:15:00

She could add years to her life by just telling the truth! Nice and cleverly blended word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:08:00

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: dee vee aje on

Sentence: Priscilla was guilty of deviageon, because she thought her co-workers had forgotten all the other years she had celebrated her 29th birthday...all of her 20 years working with them!

Etymology: deviate (be at variance with) & age (your REAL age)

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COMMENTS:

Devilish word. I like it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:26:00

Nice combo. It does seem to imply a devilish intent to lie about one's age. - Tigger, 2008-02-05: 21:31:00

Wow. Definitely gets a vote from me. - Maxine, 2008-02-05: 21:39:00

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Created by: Tjay33

Pronunciation: Skwermayge

Sentence: When Betty found out that the whole office knew her real age, she felt so much squirmage she wished the ground would open up and swallow her.

Etymology: Squirm - to feel great embarrassment + age -the amount of time you have been alive = SQUIRMAGE

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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: sprung-chick-n

Sentence: Eva Longevia was a sprungchicken. She insisted that she was only in her 30s, even in front of her parents who were both sprightly octogenarians. They quickly put the assembled guests to rights, disclosing that Eva was actually in her fifties.

Etymology: sprung (slang for caught, found out) + spring chicken (colloquialism for young person)

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COMMENTS:

I seem to have a fowl theme going this week - petaj, 2008-11-28: 04:01:00

You might have a fowl theme going, but they are so good, you might say they are the cock of the walk! I will long use and chuckle over sprungchicken and roasttrickey, and laugh a long time with you over them. - silveryaspen, 2008-11-28: 14:02:00

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Created by: sheepsshouldfly

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Created by: LivingGummyWorm

Pronunciation: Cry-sage

Sentence: That birthday party was such a crisage!

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: (h)yoōmilēājd

Sentence: Joyce was humiliaged when her coworkers threw her a surprise party. Somebody was clever enough to obtain a copy of the newspaper from the day she was born,as registered with HR, not what she had been telling people for years. OOPS! Busted!

Etymology: humiliate (make someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect) + aged (that has been subjected to aging)

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Created by: Dougalistic

Pronunciation: Hugh-milly-udge

Sentence: Janine's party was a complete flop. We knew she was like 16, she didn't fool anybody saying she was 22. I mean, who was she kidding? Anyway she had complete humiliage, and ran out the house screaming "im doomed, you all hate me!". We just laughed.

Etymology: Humiliate - To damage somebody's dignity or pride, especially publicly. Age - the life of something be it an inanimate object or living thing.

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COMMENTS:

Fits the definition so very well and the feeling that goes with it! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:20:00

Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:17:00

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Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Hew-mil-ee-ayged

Sentence: Brenda felt completely humiliaged when she discovered her husband Tim had told virtually everyone at the party her age. She had spent the last few hours trying to convince everyone that she was five years younger than she actually was.

Etymology: Humiliation(injure the dignity and self respect of, embarrass.) ORIGIN Latin humiliare 'make humble + Aged(of a specific age) = Humiliaged

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