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DEFINITION: n., The shock and embarrassment felt after innocently implying that you are much younger, only to discover that everyone actually knows how old you really are. v., To be embarrassed when caught lying about your age.
Verboticisms
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Fableage
Smaeoee
Created by: FinntheWaffle
Pronunciation: SM-AY-EE-OH
Sentence: Kaitlyn: Oh my God I want a cupcAKE ;-; Jasmine: SMAEOE
Etymology: The same as same, but saying it more fag-ified c:
Humiliaged
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)
Fibrillagetions
Created by: bananabender
Pronunciation: FIB-ruh-LAYJ-shunz
Sentence: She counted the candles, realised that they had somehow discovered her real age, and immediately felt strange and more than a little unwell. She saw looks of horror descend over her friends' faces and noticed others trying to hide their laughter as the involuntary muscle twitching affected her. She was aging twenty years before their very eyes! Such is the eerie phenomenon of fibrillagetion.
Etymology: Blend of fib, age, rage, and fibrillations (Fine, rapid twitching of individual muscle fibers with little or no movement of the muscle as a whole.)
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COMMENTS:
Another great blend of so many appropriate concepts and words. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:04:00
great sentence to accompany the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 09:29:00
Great sentence and word! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 15:45:00
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Chagrinamite
Created by: DaddyNewt
Pronunciation: cha/GRIN/a/myt
Sentence: Betty's chagrinamite was obvious behind her wrinkled facade.
Etymology: chagrin + mite
Humiliage
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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Agionous
Created by: EBalser
Pronunciation: Age-io-nus
Sentence: Yesterday,I was hanging out with a bunch of 12 year olds after school and my boyfriend walked by wondering why I was, in that very moment I was agionous.
Etymology: ag-how old you are ionous-lying
Agejury
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: age/jur/ee
Sentence: She committed agejury several times during her birthday party subtracting ten years from her real age.
Etymology: AGEJURY - noun - from AGE + PERJURY (The practice of lying; falsehood, untruthfulness)
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COMMENTS:
Guilty as charged! - Nosila, 2008-11-28: 21:47:00
I want to see my plastic surgeon! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-29: 14:42:00
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Shamefaged
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: shaym-fajd
Sentence: Goldie wishfullied and prevaricaged she was in her 20's. She was outrajeoned and hoaryfied by those courageous enough to treat her like the forty-something she was. Their realizageshuns bombaged her and left her shamefaged.
Etymology: A play on being shamefaced when forced to admit one's real age ... shamefaged.
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COMMENTS:
so many good words - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 09:42:00
Verbountiful! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:22:00
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Moronologicallessment
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
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-05: 06:56:00
Had so much fun with your definition remistram! All kinds of related verboticisms popped into my mind, some of which I couldn't resist putting in my sentence as I sat here laughing out loud. Everyone's great creations made me laugh more. Fun definition!
ErWenn - 2008-02-05: 10:09:00
I've made it a point to let my friends know that on my birthday cake, I expect one candle for every year of my age. (Next is the big three-oh.) You can't stop getting older, so you might as well enjoy the fire hazard that your birthday cake is slowly becoming.
remistram - 2008-02-05: 12:05:00
Can relate - turned the big 4-0 in January....ack!
Yes the fires are getting bigger ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-11-28: 14:10:00
Lots of fun and funny sentences today!
Nosila - 2008-11-28: 21:50:00
When I red your story I knew it was one in vermilion!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James