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: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Fossilies: /fos sil ayes/ Although she dressed and tried to act young, Methusalina’s fossilies fooled no one. Many at the party thought the scar on her arm was from a bite inflicted on her by her pet dinosaur when she was a girl… Etymology: Fossilize (convert to a fossil;be really old) & Lies (statements that deviate from or pervert the truth)
Created by: Nosila.
Embarragement: /embarÄjment/ The surprise birthday party created nothing but embarragement. The truth came out when someone calculated that Suzie’s son would have been born when she was 4 years old. Etymology: embarrassment (a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness) + age (the length of time that a person has lived) Created by: artr.
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