{"id":251,"date":"2008-01-03T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T14:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=251"},"modified":"2008-01-04T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T19:25:17","slug":"geriactive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Geriactive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEFINITION:<\/strong> <em>n.<\/em> An unintended consequence of medical or psychological therapy, especially if the therapy is supposed to make you feel &#8220;young again&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/jimage400\/rejuvenate2.gif\" alt=\"It's about my husband's new prescription? \" height=\"400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> <em>(Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Geriactive<\/strong>:  \/<em>ger-i-act-ive<\/em>\/ His eighty-five year old grandfather became another one of those amazing geriactives 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. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  geriatrics + active <em>Created by:<\/em> Stevenson0.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Geriactive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-01: 19:54:00<\/em><br \/>\nConveys a nice way to stay as the years roll on!  Sounds ever so much nicer than sexy senior citizen!<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=Korinne\">Korinne<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-02: 13:39:00<\/em><br \/>\nGood one!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Psykiddigra<\/strong>:  \/<em>p-S-aa-i-kid-ii-gra<\/em>\/ His new macho ways must have resulted in some kind of psykiddigra, he&#8217;s been a changed man since consulting that suspicious doctor of his. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Psychological + kid + viagra <em>Created by:<\/em> sosibo1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seniorection<\/strong>:  \/<em>senior-ection<\/em>\/ 77-year-old Bill tried to fight off the intense feeling of seniorection, caused by the enhancement pills, after he saw a beautiful woman go past him. <em>Etymology:<\/em>  senior + erection <em>Created by:<\/em> inias.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Seniorection:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2008-01-01: 19:55:00<\/em><br \/>\nQuite a suggestive word!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Youthenasia<\/strong>:  \/<em>Just like euthenasia.<\/em>\/ &#8220;It makes you younger, but I think you&#8217;re better off dead. You, sir, have a case of youthenasia.&#8221; <em>Etymology:<\/em>  Youth + euthenasia. <em>Created by:<\/em> imashelcha.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Comments on Youthenasia:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verbotomist.php?user=silveryaspen\">silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong>, <em>2007-12-31: 10:55:00<\/em><br \/>\nClever!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=rejuvenate2\">https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=rejuvenate2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Creative,<\/p>\n<p>James<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/\/\">www.verbotomy.com<\/a><br \/>\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFINITION: n. An unintended consequence of medical or psychological therapy, especially if the therapy is supposed to make you feel &#8220;young again&#8221;. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Geriactive: \/ger-i-act-ive\/ His eighty-five year old grandfather became another one of those amazing geriactives after taking one of those new miracle drugs. He now runs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=251\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Geriactive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[90,92,93,89,91,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251"}],"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=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}