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DEFINITION: n. An unintended consequence of medical or psychological therapy, especially if the therapy is supposed to make you feel "young again".
Verboticisms
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Youthenasia
Created by: imashelcha
Pronunciation: Just like euthenasia.
Sentence: "It makes you younger, but I think you're better off dead. You, sir, have a case of youthenasia."
Etymology: Youth + euthenasia.
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COMMENTS:
Clever! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-31: 10:55:00
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Testosterage
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Tes- TOSS - uh - raj
Sentence: Normally a calm and reasoned senior citizen Barkley went on a stormy testosterage when he took the 'new youth' supplements he got thru the inernet.
Etymology: Testosterone + rampage
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COMMENTS:
Great word ... compliments mine well ... Viagara produced a testosterage and put him in his secondwildhood. - silveryaspen, 2007-12-31: 11:03:00
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Rejuvinspire
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: re-JUV-in-spire
Sentence: I don't know if I can keep up with his being rejuvinspired by that medication, without something like it for me.
Etymology: rejuvinate+inspire
Octigenerics
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation: oc-to-gin-air-ics
Sentence: These octogenerics are making my husband at like he's going through puberity.
Etymology: octogenarian + generic (pills)
Secondwildhood
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: second-wild-hood
Sentence: "He's in his secondwildhood" the wife said to the doctor who was prescribing her husband's viagara.
Etymology: simply a play on the words second childhood ... to reflect how viagara makes it a second wildhood!
Geriactive
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: ger/i/act/ive
Sentence: His eighty-five year old grandfather became another one of those amazing geriatives after taking one of those new miracle drugs. He now runs five miles a day, works double shifts at Wal-Mart and parties most nights.
Etymology: geriatrics + active
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COMMENTS:
Conveys a nice way to stay as the years roll on! Sounds ever so much nicer than sexy senior citizen! - silveryaspen, 2008-01-01: 19:54:00
Good one! - Korinne, 2008-01-02: 13:39:00
Geriactive is spelled wrong in the example. Sorry I posted it in the main area, but until i did that i could not leave the message here for some reason. - zebrahdh, 2008-01-03: 19:11:00
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Ageoops
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: ey-ja-oo-p-sa
Sentence: The pills had a serious ageoops on his personality.
Etymology: age + oops:accident
Pubescription
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /pyoob-skrip'-shun/
Sentence: Mildred had read the literature and warnings for what she was calling "Harvey's pubescription" three times now, but nowhere did it say that the little blue pills might cause him to try to breakdance, or to wear his pants so low that his boxers would stick out.
Etymology: pubescence - the onset of puberty (from Latin, pubertatem "age of maturity") + prescription - a prescribed medicine or other treatment (from Latin, past participle of praescrībere)
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COMMENTS:
Chuckling ... this is a word I will forever be tempted to use instead of viagara or the other prescriptions that serve the same purpose! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-31: 11:01:00
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Comments:
zebrahdh - 2008-01-03: 19:10:00
Geriactive is spelled wrong in the example.