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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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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)
Despawndent
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: de-sporn-dent
Sentence: His offspring invoked a great despawndency in him, when they ignored his experienced advice to not have children.
Etymology: despondent (sadness) + spawn (offspring)
Offlapse
Created by: PolishedAmethyst
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Gwen isn't going to be at the party tonight, there was an minor offlapse in the family and she needs to take care of it.
Etymology: Offspring, relapse
Herediot
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: heh-red-ee-ot
Sentence: "Honey don't you feel like an herediot when your son kicks the ball with his laces untied like you do?"
Etymology: hereditary/heridity + idiot
Pissedoffspring
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pissd/off/spr/ing
Sentence: Their pissedoffspring were a constant source of anger and disappointment
Etymology: pissed off + offspring
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COMMENTS:
springs eternal i guess... - wordmeister, 2007-01-17: 23:58:00
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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
Kidisillusioned
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ki-dis-ill-oozh-und
Sentence: When I found out my son had gotten drunk and driven home despite my warnings not to, I was entirely kidisillusioned
Etymology: kid + disillusioned
Repanguish
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: re pang wish
Sentence: Olive suffered a lot from repanguish, especially when her daughter also got pregnant at 16 just like she did.
Etymology: from repeat and anguish. Oh and it could be from repent at having kids at all, cos really if they make the same mistakes, whats the point?
Dunderchild
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dəndərchīld
Sentence: It*s no wonder Joe is embarrassed by his dunderchild. After all, Junior has inherited almost everything he knows from his nincompop.
Etymology: dunderhead (a stupid person) + child (a son or daughter)
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
