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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.
Verboticisms
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Aacknowlagement
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: ak NAHL age ment
Sentence: When Miss Leed walked into her surprise 50th-birthday party, she suddenly understood that everyone had known for a long time what her real age was. Her becoming speechless was an indicator of aack-knowlAGEment of her realization, since she had never been known to lack something to say. One of her coworkers slapped her on the back and said, "Come on, do the math. You just got your 20-year pin last year. You couldn't have started working as a doctor when you were 19!"
Etymology: AACK (expression of embarrassment or shock) + knowledge + age (A play on the word "acknowledgment")
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Whoopsage
Created by: ooosofia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I didn't realize my whoopsage until a fellow partygoer asked if I needed help turning up my hearing aid.
Etymology: whoops! + age
Cootfess
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˌkutˈfɛs/
Sentence: Before my so-called friends could sell me over the hill, I decided to cut my losses and cootfess that this was actually the 10th anniversary of my 29th birthday and not my actual 29th birthday.
Etymology: cootfess - from "coot" + "(con)fess" sell over the hill - from "sell (down the river)" + "(gone) over the hill"
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COMMENTS:
Was it the hootfest over his real age that made him cootfess? Catchy word! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:29:00
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Demoralizageshun
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dee/moral/i/zayj/shun
Sentence: Sue suffered complete demoralizageshun when she and her girlfriends got carded after a Hannah Montana concert. She claimed she was dyslexic and thought 15 and 51 were the same.
Etymology: demoralization + age + shun
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COMMENTS:
Age dyslexia is as clever, fun and funny as demoralizageshun. (big grin). Greate creates! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 06:10:00
Clever blend & funny sentence. "1551" - reminds me of the "1661 Syndrome", where one looks attractive from the back (16), but not so attractive from the face (61)! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 15:44:00
to hard to pornonuce - purpleman, 2008-02-05: 19:11:00
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Tempestafucitum
Created by: CanadianAndyCapp
Pronunciation: Tem-pust-a-fook-e-tum
Sentence: Annie had a total tempestafucitum over finding out that her true age had been found out and that her attempts to diguise the effects of time had failed.
Etymology: Tempest :(orig Latin. Tempus) - a storm related to time. A : (French. ) to. Fucitum : (Latin.) - to be caught or ensnared. See Also: Chronolonakitum (Orig. Greek)
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COMMENTS:
I like this one. Reminds me of "tempus fugit" - ErWenn, 2008-02-05: 10:11:00
Far out! Kudos for originality! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 18:21:00
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Squirmage
Created by: Tjay33
Pronunciation: Skwermayge
Sentence: When Betty found out that the whole office knew her real age, she felt so much squirmage she wished the ground would open up and swallow her.
Etymology: Squirm - to feel great embarrassment + age -the amount of time you have been alive = SQUIRMAGE
Gravtitty
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: grav tit tee
Sentence: The gravtitty of the situation was brought home to her when she went to the pool with out her industrial strength lycra swimsuit and the lifeguard thought she was being attacked by a pair of demented seals.
Etymology: gravity, titty
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COMMENTS:
Roaring with laughter. No one could keep from giggling when using or hearing this word and the images it brings to mind! Great sentence, too! - silveryaspen, 2008-02-05: 07:24:00
so funny!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-02-05: 09:40:00
haha - bookowl, 2008-02-05: 13:11:00
clever & funny, luv the word too! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-02-05: 16:12:00
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Humiliaged
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: (h)yoōmilēājd
Sentence: Joyce was humiliaged when her coworkers threw her a surprise party. Somebody was clever enough to obtain a copy of the newspaper from the day she was born,as registered with HR, not what she had been telling people for years. OOPS! Busted!
Etymology: humiliate (make someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect) + aged (that has been subjected to aging)
Demoralizageshun
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: dee/moral/i/zayj/shun
Sentence: Sue suffered complete demoralizageshun when she and her girlfriends got carded after a Hannah Montana concert. She claimed she was dyslexic and thought 15 and 51 were the same.
Etymology: demoralization + age + shun
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