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A new word to share.
On seeing this I went to root it out as a misspelling, then found it had a use: a portmanteau of juvenilia and paraphernalia, referring to older people carrying kids' stuff, skateboarding, listening to the Spice Girls, and so on, when they should be acting their age.
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I like it... but it is not to be confused with Juvenalian, characteristic of Juvenal, the Roman satirist.
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"Juvenalia" does have more class than "second childhood".
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And to - ahem - cross-thread just a little, the last exponents of that which I saw were in, um, the movie Cocoon ... directed by that big girl's blouse and Peter Pan surrogate, Ron Howard. 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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...acting their age.
Given the choice/ability... why would anyone stop childhood?
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Puzzled a bit by CK's characterization of Ron Howard, I found this URL about the movie: http://www.foxhome.com/capsule/cocoon.htm There were a couple more sites to be found by searching for "Ron Howard movie Cocoon" ("Peter Pan surrogate" sounds a bit cruel.) I vaguely remember Ron Howard as juvenile in TV show my son liked, but I never watched. What did he do wrong, CK?
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Given the choice/ability... why would anyone stop childhood?
Just a quotation:
But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.
Louise A. Bogan
It DOES NOT mean, I believe, that ageeing has to diminish love for the life and enthusiasm...
but pretending not having passed your experiences, that can just hurt yourself.
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...pretending not having passed your experiences, that can just hurt yourself.I agree. Maturing, as the collection of experiences mount, includes *clearer understandings of the risks involved in certain actions... perchance creating/instilling a fear and protection of/from failure or harm which may "eliminate" or at least limit the scope of action. This process may be what manifests as "acting ones' age"... yet, there are a heck of a lot more risks in driving a car than there are on a skateboard, and I'm still looking for the risk in listening to the Spice Girls!  Hey! Stop picking on me...  ...
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Besides, if someone has to "act" their real age, is it because they are much happier in the age they have adopted??
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musick said, "Given the choice/ability... why would anyone stop childhood?" and after the responses, had to say, "Stop picking on me...". I'm with musick on this one. You're only young once -- but you can be immature forever if you're lucky enough. IMHO, the quibbles above are mere detail.
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