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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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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
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
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
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
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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Parant
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: pair-rant
Sentence: Just as he was about to parant about his kids, Justin remembered his father had paranted about him in much the same way.
Etymology: parent + rant
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)
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
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?
