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DEFINITION: n. The emotional connection between a mother and her child, which continues on through life despite all the protestations. v. To be loved by your mother and even though you complain about it a lot.
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Momdage
Created by: ShittyZen
Pronunciation: momdage
Sentence: Lacking competition from a needy father, her deadbeat kids kept her in eternal momdage.
Etymology: Mom + bondage (As in "serfdom," not the sexual practice, you pervs!)
Claustromomic
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: claws + tro + mom + ik
Sentence: Clyde had felt claustromomic ever since he could remember. When he was ten, he was not allowed to play outside with the other kids because she was afraid he might be hurt; now at 45, she lectured him about how he might get hurt mowing the lawn. He knew she loved him but he just felt so "hemmed in".
Etymology: Claustrophobic (uncomfortably closed or hemmed in) and Mom
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COMMENTS:
poor Clyde! - Good word! - splendiction, 2009-05-08: 23:14:00
That's some wonderful word making! - Littlewolfdreamer, 2013-09-05: 02:37:00
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Pedopathy
Created by: Krixwell
Pronunciation: peh doh path y
Sentence: Ellen loved her son more than anything else. Her pedopathy was strong; she was a true pedopath.
Etymology: pedo (child); pathos (emotion)
Materix
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: may ter ix
Sentence: A mother's undying love for her child is called a materix. She loves you when you are a helpless babe, dirty diapers, late night feedings and all. She loves you through the rotten 13-20 year age, when you think her and your Dad are the dumbest people on earth and you need to rebel from them at all times. And she loves you through all the years after, even when you put her away in a nursing home and forget to call, visit or write...
Etymology: Mater (Chiefly British word for Mother, used with The) & Matrix (an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)
Maternality
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mat urn al it ee
Sentence: She always told her daughter, "You'll always be my baby, even when you're eighty!" It was her chant of maternality. Now her daughter is eighty and she at 100 still has her baby!
Etymology: Maternal (characteristic of a mother) & Eternity (time without end)
Infantuation
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn fannn chew ay shun
Sentence: Infantuation was the only explanation for the love she felt for her dylanquent son Robert
Etymology: infatuation, infant
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COMMENTS:
Infantastic word! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 10:31:00
fits the cartoon perfectly - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:15:00
Dylanquency in fantastically appropriate word! - dochanne, 2009-05-08: 19:53:00
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Parentrapment
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: pair entrapment
Sentence: Bob once had a case of parentrapment: "Come mothers and fathers throughout the land. And don't criticize what you can't understand. Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly agin'." ... Youth is charming, but at times a little selfish and impatient. This is more how I feel: "Love while ya can 'cos too soon they'll be gone, for the times they are a changin'"
Etymology: Parent: mum or dad. Entrapment: a compromising situation imposed upon you. Bob Dylan: You rock, man. Mum: I love you
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COMMENTS:
nice Dylan reference - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:19:00
Fabulous. Love the sentence. - dochanne, 2009-05-08: 19:45:00
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Amomability
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: A Mom A bilitee
Sentence: For eighty years she showed great agility at her favourite calling, her kids never doubted her amomability!
Etymology: A Mom (a female parent) & Ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment;possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done)
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:13:00
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Motherpetual
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: moth-er-pet-tu-al
Sentence: It was early on Mother's Day that I first felt the quickening of movement that signaled the beginning of my motherpetual vigil. I realized that from that moment on every breath I took would be a continual prayer for the happiness of another, that every movement would be for and toward the beloved, every gaze would be like the anxious watch of a sentinal for his king, and that no force in heaven and on earth could stop it nor would death ever end it.
Etymology: mother + perpetual: enduring forever
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COMMENTS:
Mother of a Pearl! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 23:20:00
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Mompudent
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mämpyədənt
Sentence: Debbie can always count on her kids to be mompudent. If they expressed affection without a snide comment she would be concerned that something was drastically wrong.
Etymology: mom (one’s mother) + impudent (not showing due respect for another person)
Comments:
We're celebrating Mothers Day with today's definition, and with a few words from the Bob Dylan song Lord Protect My Child:
Just to see him at play makes me smile
No matter what happens to me
No matter what my destiny
Lord, protect my child
Happy Mother's Day ~ James
Oh great, now I get to spend all day with mascara running down my face. I almost couldn't write anything. The lyrics to the song are so beautiful and all at once bathed me in memories of my mother, memories of the birth of my daughter and of the day I was blessed to be there for the birth of her son. Thank you, James.
It sounds like Bob has touched a chord. Thanks! ~ James