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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.
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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
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)
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: 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
Antiquenatal
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: an teek nay tahl
Sentence: her antiquenatal class began badky when she went to the nightclub only to be served drinks by her grandson
Etymology: anti natal, antique
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COMMENTS:
Did he serve her an old fashioned? Good Word. - Nosila, 2010-04-23: 13:46:00
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Crisage
Created by: LivingGummyWorm
Pronunciation: Cry-sage
Sentence: That birthday party was such a crisage!
Etymology:
Yodaling
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: yoda/ling
Sentence: His yodaling was heard for miles when he was outed at his 90th birthday.
Etymology: yoda + yodeling
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COMMENTS:
Funny! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:23:00
wow nice combo - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 19:11:00
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Demoralizageshun
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dee/moral/i/zayj/shun
Sentence: Sue suffered complete demoralizageshun when she and her girlfriends got carded after a Hannah Montana concert. She claimed she was dyslexic and thought 15 and 51 were the same.
Etymology: demoralization + age + shun
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)
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