1) It's the connotations of "retired" I don't subscribe to. I love all the connotations of "reborn".
2) I guess you don't like having nouns turned into verbs, eh? Toooo late! :-)

Seriously, when turning nouns into verbs is just a lazy or inacurrate way of writing or speaking, I agree that it's no fair. But saying renaissanced instead of r-r-retired is just one of my defense mechanisms against aging. I've rationalized it as okay. :-)