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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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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
Genethick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: jen eh thik
Sentence: The fishy world of genethicks shows more misinformation in our double eelix than had been previously thought
Etymology: genetic thick
Dumbkins
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: dum-kins
Sentence: Mom knitted Dad and there 2 dumbkins each a pair of four fingured gloves. Like Dad, none of his sons mastered the use of the chainsaw.
Etymology: dumb/as in not too smart. Kins/ the kids
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...
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
Loatyose
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Loat-yose
Sentence: I still can say...loatyose
Etymology:
Genafuc
Created by: pandafever
Pronunciation: jean-A-fudd
Sentence: My mom cringed with genafuc when I told her I was stripping.
Etymology:
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
