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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.
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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).
Parentlament
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pah-RENT-la-ment
Sentence: Randy and Sandy are typical parents who share with each other a great deal of parentlament when their kids ignore good advice and make the same mistakes they themselves made as teens.
Etymology: Blend of 'parent' (a father or mother) and 'lament' (a passionate expression of grief or sorrow)
Heirrified
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: air - eh -fide
Sentence: Marty was heirrifed when he saw Isabelle taking the same risks and making the same mistakes that he had made when he was younger.
Etymology: heir, terrified
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COMMENTS:
Heiriffic word! - Nosila, 2009-08-21: 00:32:00
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Loatyose
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Loat-yose
Sentence: I still can say...loatyose
Etymology:
Ragetition
Created by: hamburgerman
Pronunciation: rage-a-tish-un
Sentence: the man had emenase ragetition when his son stole a car, a foolish stunt he pulled in his teen years as well
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
no comment - hamburgerman, 2009-08-20: 19:01:00
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Parappointment
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: pair-ah-point-ment
Sentence: I can't believe she spent that money on her hair, Marcy said to her manicurist.
Etymology: parent+disappointment
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
Genafuc
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: jean-A-fudd
Sentence: My mom cringed with genafuc when I told her I was stripping.
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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
