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DEFINITION: n. A chosen mating partner who is not well-accepted by one's parents. v. To fight with one's parents over the selection of a suitable mate.
Verboticisms
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Wrestlemateia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: res/uhl/mate/eeah
Sentence: She was prepared to battle royal with her parents using arm locks and body slams for this latest beau. Because of his lower class status and occasional grunts, she was expecting an all out wrestlemateia.
Etymology: wrestlemania + mate
Objectimate
Created by: sanssouci
Pronunciation: Ob ject tee mate
Sentence: It didn't matter if I was dating a teacher or a toilet cleaner my parents would always objectimate anybody new in my life.
Etymology: Object + mate = Objectimate Object, to express or feel disapproval, dislike, or distaste; be averse. Mate, partner, husband or wife; spouse.
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COMMENTS:
checkmate...great word! - Nosila, 2010-01-15: 23:32:00
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Spousejoust
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: spows-jowst
Sentence: Helen carefully checked Hank's mowhawk before knocking on her parents' door. If they were going to spousejoust then she wanted her sweetheart to look his best.
Etymology: spouse + joust (a personal combat or competition)
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COMMENTS:
got my vote =-) - grasshopper, 2007-06-22: 11:26:00
Thanks grasshopper, glad you liked it! - serendipity9000, 2007-06-22: 13:21:00
Once the door opened did it turn into Stevenson0's wrestlemateia - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 16:40:00
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Romanticlate
Created by: myrrh
Pronunciation: (n;) row-MAN-tih-clut (v;) row-MAN-tih-clayt
Sentence: (n;) Jenny had found the perfect man, but he turned out to be a romanticlate. (v;) Robert and his parents screamed and romanticlated for hours that night.
Etymology: Partially derived from the word "romance;" barely any etymology otherwise.
Parentalhidence
Created by: jermainechambers44
Pronunciation: Pair-rent-tal-hide-dense
Sentence: Do to the parentalhidence that she experienced with her last boyfriend,Amy decided not to announce the wedding until AFTER her father finished cleaning the gun.
Etymology: Parental=Parent Hidence=hide
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COMMENTS:
excellent word and sentence...sorry I had already spent my votes...we need more than 2! - Nosila, 2010-01-15: 23:36:00
thank you nosia - jermainechambers44, 2010-01-18: 16:58:00
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Matrimoronical
Created by: mdmquincy
Pronunciation: mat-rah-mo-ron-i-kal
Sentence: Dimwitty was very displeased with his daughter's matrimoronical, he would be forced to interfere with the proceedings.
Etymology: matrimony + moron + comical
Checkeredmate
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: check/urd/mayte
Sentence: Checkeredmate her father yelled every time she brought a new boyfriend home
Etymology: checkmate + checkered + mate
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COMMENTS:
She misrook her boyfriend for a knight. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-22: 13:53:00
and her father mistook him for a queen - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 16:37:00
He was just a pawn in the conflict between her and her father, until she became board with him and castled him off. - petaj, 2007-06-22: 22:33:00
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Kinflict
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪnˌflɪkt/
Sentence: While kinflict is most often caused by a choice in significant other, it can also be caused by other lifestyle choices, such as becoming a vegan, converting to Judaism, or switching to Mac from PC.
Etymology: From kin + conflict
Gallfriend
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: gawl-FREND
Sentence: Kevin's gallfriend's parents thought he was tall, dark and loathsome and called him aboyminable, but that was nothing compared to how we thought of her. We dreaded her malaproposing and becoming his offiancé.
Etymology: gall (vex or irritate) + girlfriend
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COMMENTS:
Stick him on Broadway; he could be an aboyminable showman. - Clayton, 2007-06-22: 04:41:00
Or at the moulin rouge, he could be a gaulfriend - galwaywegian, 2007-06-22: 05:08:00
Who knows? He might even play Radio City Music Gall. - Clayton, 2007-06-22: 09:59:00
maybe he's a time lord from Gallifrey - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 12:11:00
He's not a friend of yours is he Gallwaywegian? - petaj, 2007-06-22: 22:37:00
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Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal trilogy, Hominids, Humans and Hybrids. (We couldn't go through the whole RJS week without mentioning Neanderthals!) It's a story of two parallel worlds -- a human one and a Neanderthal one. The story pivots around the romantic tension between a female human and male Neanderthal. How about that for spicing up the gene pool? And I wonder what their parents would think? Thanks to Rob for the great story, and the inspiration. ~ James