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DEFINITION: v. To be angry and disappointed (and secretly embarrassed) when your children grow up to make the same foolish mistakes that you did. n. The emotion parents feel when they see their children make the same mistakes they did.
Verboticisms
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Offsting
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: ôfsting
Sentence: John and Mary did all they could to encourage their children but their descencan’ts fail at just about everything they attempt. The offsting they feel means they often avoid conversations that involve children. You won’t even find them listed on John or Mary’s Facebook pages.
Etymology: offspring (a person’s child or children) + sting (a hurtful quality or effect)
Horriditary
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: hor/id/i/tary
Sentence: When the Whooples many years later saw the raucus repercussions of their ripsnorting romp in the hollyfuds one fine evening during the merry month of May, they realized only too well the impolite implications of horriditary.
Etymology: horrid + heriditary
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COMMENTS:
oh yes. very good. - erasmus, 2007-01-17: 11:10:00
Yes quippingqueen! Very good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-17: 23:57:00
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Erredity
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: err-ehd-ih-tee
Sentence: When Sandra insisted she really, really loved the drop-out slacker, her Mom remembered meeting Sandra's Dad for the first time, shrugged, and chalked it up to erredity.
Etymology: err (make an error) + heredity (characteristics transmitted genetically
Erroer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: err ro er
Sentence: Fish parents are no different from human parents. They salmon the courage to spawn (just for the halibut) or to have small fry. They are the sole providers to ungrateful offspring. These kids become hard of herring when they become teenagers and the little shrimp are often smelt before they are seen. They can be crabs, they skate, wear a mullet, plaice great importance on their friends at school and sing out of tuna. Yes, parenthood is a game of trawl and erroer.
Etymology: Error (mistake) & Roe (fish eggs or egg-filled ovary)
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COMMENTS:
erroer is a pretty crappy word - Koekbroer, 2012-05-26: 02:18:00
I think you meant carpy...and yet who got the most votes...hmmm - Nosila, 2012-05-27: 21:00:00
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Outerchildism
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: ow - ter - child - ism
Sentence: Shelly's outerchildism was making it hard for her to get over her children's failures.
Etymology: a play off of innerchild
Perplextofkin
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: purr-plext-ov-kin
Sentence: as her daughter left the house wearing a ra-ra skirt and a jacket with shoulder pads..SHOULDER PADS!...she was utterly perplextofkin
Etymology: perplexed, next of kin
Genafuc
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: jean-A-fudd
Sentence: My mom cringed with genafuc when I told her I was stripping.
Etymology:
Errsapparent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ers ap pare ent
Sentence: The Mrs Fishes were commiserating about the small fry of today and how much they're errsapparent. "Yes", says the first, "Look at my son, Sid Fishes, he is sporting a mullet, he carps about his school work, and he acts gilled-ty because his room smelt like seaweed". "I know what you mean", says the second. "Mine has lost his porpoise, is dating a barracuda, drinks Bass Ale, pretends he's hard of herring, and Holy Mackerel, now he wants to change his name to Salmon Rushdie, just for the halibut!"
Etymology: Errs (to make mistakes or be incorrect) & Apparent (obvious to the mind and eye) & A Parent (person who begats and or raises a child) and play on Heirs Apparent (An heir apparent is an heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation) cannot be displaced from inheriting).
Irrinfintated
Created by: katiesavard
Pronunciation: ee-rin-fin-tate-ed
Sentence: To be angry and disappointed (and secretly embarrassed) when your children grow up to make the same foolish mistakes that you did. n. The emotion parents feel when they see their children make the same mistakes they did.
Etymology: irritated, infant - irrinfintated
