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DEFINITION: n. A mother-in-law who lives with her married child and their spouse. v. To live with your mother-in-law.
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Subjudgate
Created by: Ismelstar
Pronunciation: [suhb-juhj-eyt]
Sentence: After his mother-in-law moved into their new house, Barry realized that his tenuous patriarchal power had somehow slipped to that of subjudgated peasantry.
Etymology: Subjugate, to bring under complete control or make submissive or subservient in fixed with judge, to hold an opinion in order to pass judgement.
Domomneered
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: dom/mom/neer/ed
Sentence: With her mother running the household he felt completely domomneered twenty four hours a day.
Etymology: DOMOMNEERED - verb - from DOMINEER (to rule over or control arbitrarily) + MOM (mommy-in-law)
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COMMENTS:
Powerful creation! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:07:00
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Meternity
Created by: GlobalGallery
Pronunciation: Met-urn-it-ee
Sentence: "I think we'll have to do this at my place in future" whispered Dave to his poker buddies as he stamped out his freshly lit cigar. "Sorry guys" chirped Milton as he shut off the stereo, "She was only going to stay for two weeks last October, but she's been here for a meternity".
Etymology: 1.Maternity - motherhood. 2.Eternity - an endless or seemingly endless period of time.
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COMMENTS:
Great word...meternally yours! - Nosila, 2009-01-21: 19:45:00
This is a great word and cleverly used... - mweinmann, 2009-01-22: 08:16:00
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Smothernator
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: SMUTHE-uhr-nay-tor
Sentence: Barry did his best to keep the peace in his family by not wrangling with his bossy mother in law since she provided free live in child care but under his breath he often referred to her as the 'Smothernator'.
Etymology: Blend of smother, mother with 'nator' suffix, a word play based on movie character the 'terminator'.
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COMMENTS:
Cracked me up with laughter again ... can you picture your mom-in-law with Arnold's body! Or his body with her face! Can't wait to see who you pair him with tomorrow! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:20:00
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Mamamentum
Created by: kateinkorea
Pronunciation: MAH mah MEN teum
Sentence: The mamamentum was gaining as the president presented his ideas to his mother and she gave them her enthusiastic approval.
Etymology: MAMA: mother MOMENTUM: impetus of a non-physical process such as an idea
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Materealality
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: ma/teer/ee/al/i/tee
Sentence: The materealality of having a mother in law co habiting is to be forced into a perpetual state of teenage angst.
Etymology: mater (mother) + real + reality + materiality
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COMMENTS:
Interesting sentence. Your verbotomy would be a great name for a new reality show! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 16:57:00
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Cocrabbytate
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: koh krabby tayt
Sentence: In fairness, the judge when passing sentence said that having cocrabbytated himself for a number of years after his marriage, he felt that matrinlawcide in these circumstances should carry A lesser sentence
Etymology: cohabitation, crabby
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-21: 16:06:00
Going to remember this one when coccrabbytating with crabby kids or spouse, too. Very useful word! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 16:50:00
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Mamamianear
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mamma-mea-near
Sentence: When Jim suggested that his mother came to live with them, Maria let out a cry of mamamianear and imagined the the chaos this would cause. Now that she had finally moved in, Maria knew that she had been right to worry as her Mother-in-law had completely taken over from day one.
Etymology: Mamamia(an Italian cry of despair) + near(close by) = Mamamianear
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COMMENTS:
funny - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-21: 16:06:00
Mammamianear, here I go again My my, how can I resist you? - Jabberwocky, 2009-01-21: 16:09:00
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Dourkeeper
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: doŏrkēpər
Sentence: At first Judy saw her mother in-law as a live-in babysitter. Before too long it became clear that the role of dourkeeper was more the case. Nothing the family did escaped scrutiny.
Etymology: dour (relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance) + doorkeeper (a person on duty at the entrance to a building)
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COMMENTS:
Brings to mind the 'dower' mother in England history that was built a 'dower house' to prevent her living in their house. Good word. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:15:00
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Nannatechnician
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: nan-uh-tek-nih-shun
Sentence: The whole country breathed a sigh of relief when they realized Malia and Sasha Obama had such a great Nannatechnician in Michelle's mother.
Etymology: A combination of Nanna, an affectionate term for a Grandmother and Technician, a person highly skilled in a field or operation. Also having fun playing with "nanotechnology."
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COMMENTS:
Sweet Create. Very nice verbotomy. - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:24:00
Great etymology, too! - silveryaspen, 2009-01-21: 17:25:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James