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DEFINITION: n. The sacrifice a mother makes when she gives everything to her children, including life itself, and then simply lets them go. v. To give someone everything and then watch them walk away.
Verboticisms
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Mozzurender
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: MOH - zoo - rren - derr [make sure to roll the Rs so you sound like a real smexi French dude]
Sentence: Said the single parent mother washing machine, "It was a real mozzurender when I had to give up my virginity to bear a child to a half-human, half-chainsaw and a quarter pencil."
Etymology: mother [mozzer] (every French-guy/French-impressionist/French-wanna-be knows that you always turn your /th/ to /zz/) + surrender (to give oneself up to someone, in this case, your child; also, to "surrender" [let go] your child in the end)
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COMMENTS:
It's also a good word to describe giving up pizza! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-11: 08:25:00
and a good word to switch to mozilla. - ohwtepph, 2007-05-11: 08:33:00
Also when the mosquitoes get so bad you have to abandon the barbecue. - petaj, 2007-05-13: 00:31:00
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Momligation
Created by: Clayton
Pronunciation: mom-li-GEY-shuhn
Sentence: Momligation is bittersweet, but it was Linda's prostitutelage that became the subject of some concern.
Etymology: mom + obligation
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COMMENTS:
and possibly some momlitigation! - galwaywegian, 2007-05-11: 06:29:00
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Emomcipate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: e/mom/suh/-peyt
Sentence: After nine months of eating all the right foods,countless nights of discomfort and no drugs , or alcohol, she was ready to emomcipate her child.
Etymology: mom + emancipate
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COMMENTS:
my favorite so far... - whipspeak, 2009-11-27: 10:28:00
good one - Nosila, 2009-11-29: 11:58:00
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Matrifice
Created by: eiggy
Pronunciation: 'matt-ri-fice (ri-fice as in sacrifice)
Sentence: Mrs. Jones raised Bobby on the best cereal, laundry detergent, and education money can buy. She spent every waking moment making his life meaningful. What matrifice!
Etymology: matri - from Latin mater 'mother' and fice - from facere 'make'
Sumblinativity
Created by: verysimplegame
Pronunciation: sub-li-nay-ti-vi-ty
Sentence: Frank's ship slowly made it's way into orbit. Her sublinativity was now complete.
Etymology: sublimate + nativity
Permast
Created by: callum
Pronunciation: per-mast
Sentence: "she held her children in permast"
Etymology:
Fledglemming
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: flejlemng
Sentence: Joyce watched with angst as her fledglemming packed to go off to college. Sure she and his father have given Jason great life lessons and done their best to prepare him for this day, he seems to be taking it much too casually. With a simple hug and kiss he is off to act as if he knows how to make his own decisions like an adult.
Etymology: fledgling (a young bird that has just fledged) + lemming (a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, esp. a headlong rush to destruction)
Matricede
Created by: pinwheel
Pronunciation: mat/ree/seed
Sentence: As Mrs Brown watched her youngest daughter walk up the aisle, tears of matricede filled her eyes... but heh, the house will be quieter now.
Etymology: matricide (the act of killing your mother) + cede (to give in/sacrifice) + a pun on seed - your children
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COMMENTS:
Spawntastic! - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-11: 04:44:00
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Parentplegic
Created by: janatic
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I'd love to go out tonight, but we had an accident last night and i'm afraid i've become parentplegic.
Etymology: parent + paraplegic
Comments:
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's novel Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, which is a story about a guy who's mother is literally a washing machine. It's a great read! And since this weekend is Mother's Day, it seems like the perfect fit! I was also thinking about "After the Siege" in Overclocked, where a mother pushes herself beyond exhaustion trying to save her child - the sacrifice. And purpleartichokes inadvertently suggested the mother idea with her comments on the younger degeneration. Thank you Cory and purpleartichokes! ~ James
ErWenn - 2007-05-11: 09:39:00
I noticed that many verbotomists focussed on the "letting go" part of the definition as the key, while others treated it as just one small part of the maternal sacrifice. I'm sure it says something about our personalities, but I'm not sure what.
We have posted The Petaj Splinterview on the Verbotomy Blog. ~ James
Bulletchewer - 2007-05-11: 16:55:00
I "have issues" because I advocate free speech as opposed to miserable hypocrisy of censorship? HUSH
Hey Bulletchewer, I replaced four letters in your message with non-alphanumeric symbols. Did that make you unhappy? ~ James
Hey ErWenn, I agree with you. The words and language we choose to use do indeed reflect our personalities. And with a definition like today's, there are many different viewpoints, so it gets complicated... I guess that's why they have Freudian psychiatrists. ~ James
Bulletchewer - 2007-05-11: 19:18:00
It made me THE most $@*#ing miserable crybaby in the whole world! Just kidding.
Me too. But that's okay, it's a game ~ James
Anyways, in many parts of the world, this Sunday is Mother's Day, so I would like to remind all our verbotomists to take appropriate action (e.g. buy flowers). And to all our verbotomists who happen to be mothers, I would like to say thank you. Thank you for your wonderful creativity. ~ James
*gasp* I am so honored. Petaj used my word TWICE!!! in his splinterview. Now, I can die peacefully.
Clayton - 2007-05-12: 17:21:00
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the highest scoring words often do not reflect the part of speech suggested by the definition? Occasionally, this can be somewhat difficult to determine from a given description, but "the sacrifice a mother makes" clearly indicates that this word is meant to be a noun. Just nitpicking.
Hey Clayton, I have made a blog posting about this question. See: Parts of Speech and Verbotomy. It will be very interesting to hear what ErWenn has to say about this issue, since he also asked similar questions. ~ James
Clearly I should have mentioned that ohwtepph can also be relied on for coming up with not only amusing words, but very useful additions to everyday language.
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James