Verboticisms

Created by: OldEnglish

Pronunciation: par-ent-am-nee-zhuh

Sentence: Lois had a disquieting moment of parentamnesia while digging through the bottom of her purse for a loose ibuprofen.

Etymology: parent + paramnesia - "a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused."

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Created by: deadpanwalking

Pronunciation: POP-sy-cul

Sentence: I was shaking my fist at the neighborhood teenagers this morning while getting my paper from the driveway when suddenly I had a popcycle moment.

Etymology: pop (as in father) + cyclical

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Created by: alecstevenson

Pronunciation: Peter-pan-ick

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Etymology: Peter Pan syndrome + Panic

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Created by: bjorn

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Etymology: generation + regregression

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Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: pop-pa-pmi-a

Sentence: My poppamia moment? When my hair started to fallout...

Etymology: pop me

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Created by: jrogan

Pronunciation: dad-zill-i-an

Sentence: It was a dadzillian moment when I told my son to get out of bed and get to work! Cause that's what matters!

Etymology: dad+Godzilla!

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: "eekpeek" - just as it sounds

Sentence: The young lad's ego appeal was shattered when he glanced into the mirror; thankfully, the egregious "eekpeek" moment passed quickly.

Etymology: "eekpeek": a mystery munchkin word having no apparent relatives in other languages

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Created by: Stevenson0

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Sentence: The transhorrification took place when he realized that he was more "mom" than mom.

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Created by: Jabberwocky

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Sentence: When her kids rolled their eyes at her she realized the metamomphosis was complete

Etymology: metamorphosis + mom

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Created by: fastlane

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Created by: queeny

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Sentence: I felt like such a parentparrot when I yelld at my teacher not to run around the classroom with sissors. Yikes who said that!

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Created by: chris

Pronunciation: trans-pair-ent-see

Sentence: Looking at his picture, he realised his youth was over, and he had just hit transparentcy

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Created by: timmy

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