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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
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Aberrajuvenize
Created by: Foghawk
Pronunciation: uh-BEAR-uh-joo-ven-ize
Sentence: Martin had the meaning of "careful what you wish for" driven home to him quite forcefully when a boring but admittedly good life in the retirement home was suddenly switched with painful hours in a seedy daycare after, one week in late December, he abruptly aberrajuvenized.
Etymology: From "aberrant" and the Latin root "juvenis", denoting youth.
Renatalize
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: re-na-ta-lize
Sentence: Renatalization was a subfield of Geriatrics and still in the experimental stages. Adolfia Ghering, MD, was among its pioneers. The hopes and dreams of mankind were still a fertile (and sometimes foolish, Adolfia thought) field full of promise. Finding just the right patients took...well, patience. But, afterall, the market was ripe with eager Baby Boomers. Sitting before her now was a dear little man who looked so much like Albert Einstein. Soon she would know if little Albert had been a cute and cuddly baby. Now that the technique had been approved for trial, Adolfia just needed this guy to sign on the dotted line while there was still time to renatalize him. Now if she could just get the pen to stay in his trembling hand...
Etymology: From re, meaning again + natal, meaning relating to one's time of birth
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COMMENTS:
ooh - nice etymology - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:26:00
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Daydrool
Created by: mdmquincy
Pronunciation: day- drool
Sentence: The dapper gentleman daydrooled as he saw the hot young lass eye him disdainfully.
Etymology: Me
Nappydays
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Nap-pee-dayz
Sentence: Bob's wish to be young again had finally come true. Having been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease he could no longer fend for himself and had reverted back to having a mental age of three. He was certainly back in his nappydays!
Etymology: Nappy(a piece of absorbant material wrapped around babies to absorb bodily functions)ORIGIN abb.Napkin + Days = Nappydays. See also Happydays. A comedy following a group of teenagers growing up in the 1950's, when their lives where full of fun and being young thought nothing could ever go wrong in life.
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COMMENTS:
funny, he became a fonz de leon - Jabberwocky, 2008-08-14: 12:24:00
Isn't this a sad definition? Good word, TJayzz. - Nosila, 2008-08-14: 21:44:00
Very clever. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-08-15: 06:03:00
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Deagerate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dee/age/er/ate
Sentence: The disease caused his body to deagerate at a rate much quicker than his family had anticipated.
Etymology: degenerate + age
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COMMENTS:
Good definition - cococo, 2007-06-21: 10:06:00
got my vote! - remistram, 2007-06-21: 10:53:00
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Younderyearning
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: you/ under/yre/ning
Sentence: I had to explain to my 10 yar old that her grandmother was not living vicariously but younderyerning.
Etymology: younder/days gone by, yearning/to want badly = younderyearning
Unexretrospect
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: un-ex-RETro-SPECT
Sentence: Gloria was a renowned unexretrospectologist who had spent years and years researching a cure for the disorder in hopes of preventing it affecting her. However, it had happened anyway. She now could do cartwheels on a balance beam in a tiny pink leotard, albeit with arthritic bent knees, false teeth flying out of her mouth and flabby arms akimbo.
Etymology: unexpected + retrospections (in the noun form of the word, suffix eon is used in place of the usual ion to represent the years and years)
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COMMENTS:
A retrospectorant might cure that. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-21: 07:28:00
Or a night on the town with a retrosexual. - Clayton, 2007-06-21: 09:45:00
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Regretssion
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: rE-gret-shun
Sentence: Tom, at the age of 99, felt regretssion that he couldn't compete in this year's Ironnman.
Etymology: regression/regret
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COMMENTS:
gret word toadstool - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-21: 16:39:00
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Reverage
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: reh - ver - rayzh
Sentence: The reverage was worse than anyone's ever seen. His teeth fell out and it was the last of his pork diet.
Etymology: reverse + age + leverage
Shrinkle
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: SHRING kuhl
Sentence: "You're just beginning to shrinkle," the doctor said. "I'd say you have a few good years left."
Etymology: (shrink: to dwindle) + (wrinkle: to crease)

Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback, and the never-ending search for the magic pill that will make you young again. The funny thing is that when the rejuvenation does happen in the real world, it's usually a disaster -- and a source for inspiration. Thanks Rob! ~ James
ivonce - 2008-08-18: 09:40:00
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