Congratulations to my co-worker, Michael K. Johnson, whose neologism for “the aversion of many persons (young or old) to revealing their true age” appeared in the In a Word feature of the November 2008 isssue of The Atlantic.
But we wanted a word for the tendency—the aversion. Michael K. Johnson, of Apex, N.C., takes top honors for his fancy but refreshingly nonjudgmental coinage annumadversion.
Here’s his reaction to unexpectedly seeing his name in print.