DEFINITION: v. To spend years and years wishing you could be young again, only to discover that it’s actually happening, but not exactly as you imagined. n. The fear the you are getting so old that people will start treating you like a baby
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Nostalgitis: /no-stal-JY-tis/ Watching my grandchildren learn to tie their shoes as my daughter tied mine, gave me a case of nostalgitis. Etymology: From (Nostalgia:n a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life ) + (itis: a suffix used in pathological terms and denoting abnormal states or conditions. Created by: SethelMerman.
Peterpandemonium: /PEE-ter-pahn-DE-MO-knee-yum/ As George saw the silver hairs slowly overtake his once raven colored head, he went into a sort of peterpandemonium -an unsighlty display involving a bottle of Grecian Formula, a vapid 20 something girlfirend and digging his old Member’s Only jacket out of the attic. Etymology: Peter Pan + Pandemonium Created by: libertybelle.
Comments on Peterpandemonium:
hyperborean, 2012-10-17: 23:39:00
Funny.
Infantasia: /in-fant-AZE-ya/ The downside of Morton’s having entered a state of infantasia was that he was unaware of the real parts of his life much of the time, and the upside was that during his lucid hours he was not really aware that he been to la-la land. Etymology: Blend of ‘Infant’ (n. a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby. ) and ‘fantasia’ (n. something considered to be unreal, weird, exotic, or grotesque) Created by: Mustang.
Comments on Infantasia:
hyperborean, 2012-10-17: 23:42:00
I like this word.
Tomandjerryatrics: /tom and jer ree at rix/ Thomas & Gerald were twin brothers who raised hell in their youth;had successful careers;raised families;outlived their spouses and now lived in the Ilk of Amnesia Nursing Home. They were now living the lives of tomandjerryatrics. Etymology: Tom & Jerry (cartoon series about Tom Cat & Jerry Mouse;a commonplace phrase for youngsters indulging in riotous behaviour in 19th-century London) & Geriatrics (branch of medicine devoted to the aged and their illnesses) Created by: Nosila.
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