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DEFINITION: v. The moment when a child realizes that they are turning into their mother, or father, or both! n. To suddenly realize that you are turning into your parents.
Verboticisms
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Miscegeneration
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: mis-e-gen-er-ay-shun
Sentence: As the "Big Four-Oh" approached, Harold began to notice the thinning hair, drooping jowels and vacant expression that in his mind characterized both his father and grandfather. "Maybe," he thought "I could stave off this miscegeneration if I were to leave home!"
Etymology: miscegenation + generation
Geneshock
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: Jen-eh-shock
Sentence: Looking into the mirror, Billy experienced a mild wave of geneshock as his father cheerfully waved back.
Etymology: Genetics+shock
Patrimorpiphany
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: patrimorpiphany /ˌpætɹəmɔɹˈpɪfəni/ matrimorpiphany /ˌmætɹəmɔɹˈpɪfəni/
Sentence: I sort of expected to turn into my parents eventually, but I'm quickly approaching 30 with no patrimorpiphany in sight.
Etymology: patri- (father) or matri- (mother) morph- (change) + epiphany
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COMMENTS:
I don't have nearly the work ethic of either of my parents, and that doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon. - ErWenn, 2007-07-02: 00:17:00
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D.n.hey
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: dee-en-hey
Sentence: experiencing d.n.hey is a rite of passage
Etymology: DNA, Hey!
Partyakparte
Created by: rahullotli
Pronunciation: par-tyak-parte
Sentence: John be a god child and stop this partyakparte
Etymology: konkani
Paturation
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: pach-uh-REY-shuhn
Sentence: Cindy's realization of her inevitable paturation came with the consternation of the maladministration of her Haitian vacation.
Etymology: pat- + maturation
Parenticitis
Created by: annieb
Pronunciation: Pa-rent-i-ci-tis
Sentence: I've got a bad case of parenticitis - I'm turning into my mother!
Etymology: mixture of parent and -itis
Parentllelism
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: pare/ent/lell/ism
Sentence: There was a definite parentllelism the first time he did a comb over.
Etymology: parent + parallelism (similarity)
Heirapparent
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: Air + apparent
Sentence: Suddenly it was all too clear, I saw my father's face in the mirror, and in that moment of heirapparent, I swooned to the ground.
Etymology: The really cool thing about this one for me is that it contains my last name internally.
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COMMENTS:
Hello Mr/Ms Rap, or is it Mr/Ms Ira, or is it Mr/Ms Ppa, or is it Mr/Ms Ir, or is it Mr/Ms Ra, or is it Mr/Ms Arent, or is it Mr/Ms Pp, or is it Mr/Ms Appa, or is it Mr/Ms Par, or is it Mr/Ms Irapp, or ....... - Stevenson0, 2007-07-02: 15:50:00
All of those and you juuuust missed! It's "Rapp." - Osomatic, 2007-07-03: 13:45:00
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Comments:
Clayton - 2007-07-02: 00:57:00
Paturation
Clayton - 2007-07-02: 00:57:00
Whoops.
Hey Clayton, is that "Whoops" or "Whoopee!" for winning the top spot in last week's author ranking. It was very close -- just 3 points between you, galwaywegian and petaj! Congrats to all! ~ James
purpleartichokes - 2007-07-02: 04:50:00
Congrats Clayton!! Where's the party?
Clayton - 2007-07-02: 05:20:00
Hey... I won?! Amazing! How the heck did that happen? I don't think I even had a single word that scored over 20 pts. last week.
Jabberwocky - 2007-07-02: 08:59:00
Never mind that bit - I'm with purple - where's the party? Since Galway and petaj were so close we could have an international one.
Clayton - 2007-07-02: 10:22:00
Listen, I haven't seen any of you guys throw a party following any of your wins. This is total bull$#!+
ziggy41 - 2007-07-02: 12:19:00
Congrats Clayton, and a party, when and where? ;P
If any artists show up at Clayton's party let them know that we are looking for illustrators and/or cartoonists to participate in our visiting artist program at Verbotomy. Please contact me at james@verbotomy.com ~ James
Clayton - 2007-07-02: 15:14:00
o_O
Guest artist? New style? Reminds me a bit of Shel Silverstein.
May he rest in peace. What a great writer!