Word of the Day

Thursday, May 6, 2010

BE AFRAID, VERY AFRAID

My husband turned 60 this year and it has made us think about that universal fear of getting older.  We have made a pact that WE will grow old gracefully and not be cantankerous and stubborn like some of the old(er) people we know.  Since time ticks on and makes fools of us all, we know that we will all get there some day and be "old".  Your challenge for this game is to create a word that describes the "fear of getting older."  The only rules are to stay within the realms of the English language.  You may submit as many words as you wish.
Have fun!

10 comments:

  1. oopsieflatuphobia. I'm not sure I have the rules down on this one but thought I'd share it anyway

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  2. The fear of getting older: "bodysagophobia"

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  3. cantankergrouchiphobia: the fear of someday saying things like, "dagnabbit!" or "young whipper-snappers!"

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  4. "Dependsdependancephobia" I think that's pretty self explanatory.

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  5. oops left off my definition- oopsieflatuphobia-
    the fear of accidentally breaking wind in public. But you knew that...

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  6. Better late than never??? It's been a crazy week, but here's my pitiful offerring:
    tvsanshairoriqzaphrenia - the fear of sitting in front of a tv your whole life after you have lost all your hair and memory.

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  7. I think everyone's so busy that I'm going to leave this until Monday. I'm going to Texas to see my mother-in-law this weekend. I might come back with a whole new vocabulary of words to describe the phobia of growing old. :0) If anyone else wants to submit a word, or an additional word(s)go ahead. See you on Monday!

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  8. creekandgroanaphobia: The fear of the sounds you make when trying to get out of your chair when you are old.

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  9. Eldergeri Whine - the noise you make instead of being able to blow out the multitude of candles on your cake when the candles don't go out, but your back does with the effort.

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  10. Well, this was quite a bit harder that I thought it would be, but I finally decided to go with the word that was kind of catchy and that I would remember whenever I listened to one of my favorite old people every time they started talking about all their ailments, health problems and surgeries. This is what I listened to most of the weekend. :0) So even though he didn't have this description as part of his definition, I picked Twist's word: "EldergeriWhine" as the winner! Congratulations Twist! You are the winner of this round!

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