{"id":1541,"date":"2012-09-27T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T16:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2012-09-27T12:02:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T16:02:12","slug":"youthemism-of-course-im-twenty-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1541","title":{"rendered":"Youthemism: Of course I&#8217;m twenty-one!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>v.<\/em>  To lie about your age. <em>n.<\/em> A misrepresentation about your age, usually done in order to appear younger or older.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/age.gif\" alt=\"Of course I'm twenty-one!\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Youthemism<\/strong>:  \/<em>youff-um-izum<\/em>\/ If only someone had told Geoffrey that the term &#8220;spring chickenhawk&#8221; wasn&#8217;t a terribly convincing youthemism&#8230; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  youth (the state of being young) + euphemism (a non-literal way to say something) <em>Created by:<\/em> Discoveria.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Youthemism:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Rhyme79\">Rhyme79<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2012-09-26: 10:48:00<\/em> <br \/>Excellent! Gets my vote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Chronophonication<\/strong>:  \/<em>kruh-noh-foh-nah-key-shuhn<\/em>\/ Kate&#8217;s chronophonication can vary greatly depending on the audience. On her favorite dating website, she will shave off a decade or more. When a senior discount is involved, she will age dramatically.  <em>Etymology:<\/em>  chronology (the sequential order in which past events occur) + phony (not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit) + communication (the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs) <em>Created by:<\/em> artr.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Comments on Chronophonication:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Discoveria\">Discoveria<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2012-09-25: 11:08:00<\/em> <br \/>Reminds me of &#8216;Californication&#8217;&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Mendagecious<\/strong>:  \/<em>men dayj shus<\/em>\/ When it came to seeking the Fountain of Youth, our Granny could be very mandagecious. She would even pay service workers in bars, restaurants and liquor stores to card her&#8230;they loved the extra money and she loved everyone thinking she was under age! <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Mendacious (intentionally lying;given to untruths) &amp; Age (how long someone or something has existed) <em>Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liespan<\/strong>:  \/<em>lie-span<\/em>\/ I&#8217;ve got a feeling that 21 is your liespan, because you look about 8. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Lifespan minus the &#8216;f&#8217; = liespan <em>Created by:<\/em> Rhyme79.<\/p>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=age\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=age<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative, <\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: v. To lie about your age. n. A misrepresentation about your age, usually done in order to appear younger or older. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Youthemism: \/youff-um-izum\/ If only someone had told Geoffrey that the term &#8220;spring chickenhawk&#8221; wasn&#8217;t a terribly convincing youthemism&#8230; Etymology: youth (the state of being young) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1541\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Youthemism: Of course I&#8217;m twenty-one!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}