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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.
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Trickage
Created by: seniouxa13
Pronunciation: trik-eyj
Sentence: This trickage is getting on my nerves that I'm getting more wrinkles on my forehead!
Etymology: From trick and age, literally to trick about the age
Birthdaybashful
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: birth-day-bash-full
Sentence: the looks on everyones faces as i started my speech with 'thankyou all for helping me celebrate my 40th birthday' made me feel very birthdaybashful
Etymology: birthday, bashful, birthday bash
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COMMENTS:
Interesting choice of words incorporated in your unique appealing tender creation. - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:11:00
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Fableage
Crimsenescence
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: KRIM-si-NES-uht
Sentence: When celebrating a surprize birthday party with her twin brother, Roxie's friends found out that they were not identical: he was forty-five and she was only thirty-one! Despite her candleblush, crimsenescence and muttonrouge, she quickly explained to all and sundry, "I never forgotten my age - once I decided what it was to be!"
Etymology: CRIMSENESCENCE: Blend of CRIMSON: reddened, red-faced, flushed & SENESCENCE: growing; old,aging. CANDLE: (the number of) as a symbol of age on a birthday cake & BLUSH: To become red in the face through embarassment. MUTTONROUGE: as in "mutton done up as lamb;" Rouge: as in red for embarrasment. Also a play on, or antonym of, the "Moulin Rouge."
Embarragement
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: embarājment
Sentence: 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)
Crisage
Created by: LivingGummyWorm
Pronunciation: Cry-sage
Sentence: That birthday party was such a crisage!
Etymology:
Shamefaged
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: shaym-fajd
Sentence: Goldie wishfullied and prevaricaged she was in her 20's. She was outrajeoned and hoaryfied by those courageous enough to treat her like the forty-something she was. Their realizageshuns bombaged her and left her shamefaged.
Etymology: A play on being shamefaced when forced to admit one's real age ... shamefaged.
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COMMENTS:
so many good words - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 09:42:00
Verbountiful! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:22:00
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Fibromyagea
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Fib - ro - mi - AJ - ya
Sentence: Eloise felt the reddening of her face as a wave of fibromyagea swept over her when she realized she'd been caught exaggerating her youth.
Etymology: Fib + my age (a play words on the malady fibromyalgia)
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COMMENTS:
A painful realization, apparently. Interesting blend. - Tigger, 2008-02-05: 02:56:00
good one! - galwaywegian, 2008-02-05: 07:20:00
nice blend! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 15:49:00
nice blend but its to hard to pronounce - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 16:54:00
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Annunull
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: an-ye-nul
Sentence: You are cordially invited to Kimberly's annunull birthday party! Come celebrate as Kimberly turns 27, again. Kimberly is registered at Bed, Bath & Beyond; Hancock Fabrics; and the Birkenstock outlet. Party starts at 4:30. BYOB. Park down the street.
Etymology: annual (happening yearly) + null (amounting to nothing)
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COMMENTS:
Happy Annunull, Kimberly! - Nosila, 2010-04-23: 23:24:00
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Embarrage
Created by: logarithm
Pronunciation: ehm-bae-rej
Sentence: Imagine the embarragement Julie had at her surprise birthday party organised by her colleagues, when the number of candles on the cake correctly indicating her true age of 45, but all the while she has been telling them she was only thirty-something.
Etymology: 1) Embarrass: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. 2) Age: grow old or older.
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-02-05: 06:56:00
Had so much fun with your definition remistram! All kinds of related verboticisms popped into my mind, some of which I couldn't resist putting in my sentence as I sat here laughing out loud. Everyone's great creations made me laugh more. Fun definition!
ErWenn - 2008-02-05: 10:09:00
I've made it a point to let my friends know that on my birthday cake, I expect one candle for every year of my age. (Next is the big three-oh.) You can't stop getting older, so you might as well enjoy the fire hazard that your birthday cake is slowly becoming.
remistram - 2008-02-05: 12:05:00
Can relate - turned the big 4-0 in January....ack!
Yes the fires are getting bigger ~ James
silveryaspen - 2008-11-28: 14:10:00
Lots of fun and funny sentences today!
Nosila - 2008-11-28: 21:50:00
When I red your story I knew it was one in vermilion!
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James