Decay
Decay verb - To go through decomposition.
Grow up
Grow up verb - To become mature.
Usage example: everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives
Both terms in one sentence
- Menace Decay: Avoided, partly because Kochalka canceled the comic long before his real kids grow up and partly because they weren't characterized as "menacing" in the first place.
Source: Webcomic / American Elf - This was before his severe Bad Ass Decay, such that we still would have expected Stewie to grow up to be some kind of Mad Scientist or the like.
Source: Fantasy Twist
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