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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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Measma
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: mee as maa
Sentence: a terrifying measma occurred when she heard her own recorded message and thought briefly that she had phoned her mother's number, which was unlikely since she hadn't spoken to her since the morning of her graduation three decades ago. It was apparent that she was becoming aparent
Etymology: me as ma, miasma as in terrible odour
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COMMENTS:
Gets it. - Clayton, 2007-07-02: 15:12:00
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Threshscold
Created by: Lapper
Pronunciation: THRESH-skold
Sentence: Mary was in the middle of critizing her son's eating habits when she hit the threshscold; running screaming to the bathroom.
Etymology: Threshold and scold.
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COMMENTS:
wasn't that a Moody Blues album "On the Threshcold of a Scream" ? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-02: 11:01:00
I can honestly say that I've never heard of that band or that album, but it is unfortunate that it's not as original as I thought it was. - Lapper, 2007-07-07: 23:50:00
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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
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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Transhorrification
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: trans/hor/ri/fi/cation
Sentence: It was a moment of total transhorrification when he realized he was more like mom than mom.
Etymology: transmogrification (convert, transform, or change)+ horror + horrific
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COMMENTS:
perfect for the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-02: 11:02:00
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Metamomphosis
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: meta/mum/for/sis
Sentence: When her kids rolled their eyes at her comments she realized the metamomphosis was complete.
Etymology: met+ a + mom + metamorphosis
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COMMENTS:
Been there, done that. Now I get the pleasure of turning into my grandmother. Great word. - mrskellyscl, 2009-07-13: 08:22:00
Too true! - Nosila, 2009-07-14: 22:01:00
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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
Ancestrial
Created by: rombus
Pronunciation: an - ses - tri - al
Sentence: Seeing his face in the mirror and the hearing the phrases spill out of his mouth was an ancestrial experience for Larry. It was spooky how much he was beginning to look and sound like his dad.
Etymology: ancestral, trial
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!