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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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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
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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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
Genashame
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: jen-a-shame or jeen-a-shame
Sentence: Bob was overcome with genashame upon discovering Robert Jr's conversion to a wacky cult like Christianity.
Etymology: From "gene" and "shame/ashamed". Anyone upset by my sentence will surely forgive me...
Genidiocy
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: jenideeeosee
Sentence: The Bush Foundation have a personal stake in ongoing research into genidiocy.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
I would vote but I need more detail, a sentence, some etymology! Its a good word! - erasmus, 2007-01-17: 10:02:00
The Bush Foundation have a personal stake in ongoing research into genidiocy. - galwaywegian, 2007-01-18: 04:14:00
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Misanglerthrope
Created by: IndubidableDan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Betty the fish proved to be a true misanglerthrope after the death of her boyfriend, Jonathan, by means of fisherman’s catch. Silly Jonathan seemingly became allured to a shiny hook, which in turn became the death of him. Instantaneously, Betty became allured to his cousin, Ronald- who was known to be quite wealthy in real estate down by the Coral Boulevards.
Etymology: (Misanthrope:person who hates others) + (angler: A fishhook, or tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod; To try to gain by insinuating artifice)
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
Dejablues
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: day-zyar-bloo-s
Sentence: Groucho and Binky were hoping to send their daughter Nelly to university, but were suffering dejablues when she packed herself off to the circus
Etymology: From de-ja-vu (the feeling of repeating a past event) and having the blues (depression)
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
Heirroneous
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: air-roh-nee-us
Sentence: Like his father, and his father's father before him, Tim heirroneously believed money could buy him happiness.
Etymology: heir + erroneous (containing or derived from error)
