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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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Partyakparte
Created by: rahullotli
Pronunciation: par-tyak-parte
Sentence: John be a god child and stop this partyakparte
Etymology: konkani
Dadline
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: DAD-line
Sentence: The Dadline had just passed and Kelly came to the realization that he was a mummyograph, rather than a patercopy.
Etymology: Dad + deadline
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COMMENTS:
I'm momligated to think that this may take some dadjustment on Kelly's part. - Clayton, 2007-07-02: 08:49:00
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Climan
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: klahy-mahn
Sentence: This is the climan of my life, and I don't dare spoil it by shaving all my hair so I'll look like myself.
Etymology: climax + man
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
Epapaphany
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: ee-pah-PAH-fuhn-ee
Sentence: The grey hair nearly brought Alex to an epapaphany, but the traces of acne brought him back to his senses.
Etymology: epiphany + papa
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)
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
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!