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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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Humiliagesham
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: hew-milly-AGE-sham
Sentence: Beatrice suffered a major attack of humiliagesham when she realized late in the evening that most of the folks at the party knew she had taken ten years off her age in an earlier discussion.
Etymology: Blend of humiliated, age, and sham. A play on the word 'humiliation'.
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COMMENTS:
I bet this is gonna be the best of the day! - logarithm, 2008-11-28: 01:31:00
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Agejury
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: age/jur/ee
Sentence: She committed agejury several times during her birthday party subtracting five years from her real age.
Etymology: age + perjury
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COMMENTS:
Clever blend. The jury out! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:31:00
nice - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 16:52:00
And reminds one also of the injury to the ego that aging brings! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:24:00
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Guilestone
Created by: loxhobabl
Pronunciation: gile-stone
Sentence: Karen perpetrated a >guilestone at her birthday get-together.
Etymology: guile, milestone
Embrage
Created by: boviex
Pronunciation: embrej alt. embrAge
Sentence: She was embraged when she discovered that her age was no secret. When she saw the number of candles on the cake, her heart filled with embrage.
Etymology: Take your pick. Embarass(ment)/Age/Umbrage/(En)rage
Mendageious
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: men day jus
Sentence: When they put the 50 candles on her birthday cake, Julie carried on her mendageious behaviour by acting all surprised and horrified that her usual 39 candles weren't on the cake!
Etymology: Mendacious (intentionally untrue;caught in a lie)& Age (how long something/someone has existed)
Embarrage
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: ehm-bae-rej
Sentence: Imagine the embarragement Julie had at her surprise birthday party organised by her colleagues, when the number of candles on the cake correctly indicating her true age of 45, but all the while she has been telling them she was only thirty-something.
Etymology: 1) Embarrass: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. 2) Age: grow old or older.
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
Crimsenescence
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KRIM-si-NES-uht
Sentence: When celebrating a surprize birthday party with her twin brother, Roxie's friends found out that they were not identical: he was forty-five and she was only thirty-one! Despite her candleblush, crimsenescence and muttonrouge, she quickly explained to all and sundry, "I never forgotten my age - once I decided what it was to be!"
Etymology: CRIMSENESCENCE: Blend of CRIMSON: reddened, red-faced, flushed & SENESCENCE: growing; old,aging. CANDLE: (the number of) as a symbol of age on a birthday cake & BLUSH: To become red in the face through embarassment. MUTTONROUGE: as in "mutton done up as lamb;" Rouge: as in red for embarrasment. Also a play on, or antonym of, the "Moulin Rouge."
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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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