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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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Progenitation
Created by: ziggy41
Pronunciation: Pro-jen-eh-tay-shun
Sentence: I was mystified and horrified when I realized that my progenitation was of neither of my parents but of Arthur, my dog.
Etymology: Progenitor (parent) + transformation / transmutation (a change)
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COMMENTS:
shouldn't that be transmuttation - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-02: 19:36:00
hmm, true, or at least transfurmation - ziggy41, 2007-07-02: 23:45:00
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Relativation
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: rel-a-tiv-a-tion
Sentence: Chuck had a relativation that he had morphed into his father when he told little Chuckie to pull his finger.
Etymology: relative: kin; family + revelation: to reveal; enlightenment; to experience a moment of awareness of divine truth
Sonstunned
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: sun - stun - d
Sentence: Seth was sonstunned when he heard himself repeating the phrases his father had said during his childhood. In a moment of revelation he recognized that he was turning into his dad.....
Etymology: stunned (overcome as with astonishment or disbelief), son
Bredmorph
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: bread-morf
Sentence: As she wondered why she had so many undesireable traits, it suddenly occurred to her that bredmorphing had taken place.
Etymology: bred + morph
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
Partyakparte
Created by: rahullotli
Pronunciation: par-tyak-parte
Sentence: John be a god child and stop this partyakparte
Etymology: konkani
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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D.n.hey
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: dee-en-hey
Sentence: experiencing d.n.hey is a rite of passage
Etymology: DNA, Hey!
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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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!