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DEFINITION: v. The moment when a child realizes that they are turning into their mother, or father, or both! n. To suddenly realize that you are turning into your parents.
Verboticisms
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Peterpanic
Created by: alecstevenson
Pronunciation: Peter-pan-ick
Sentence:
Etymology: Peter Pan syndrome + Panic
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COMMENTS:
- timmy, 2006-11-20: 17:40:00
- timmy, 2006-11-20: 17:41:00
- timmy, 2006-11-20: 17:41:00
- timmy, 2006-11-20: 17:41:00
- timmy, 2006-11-20: 17:41:00
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Parentparrot
Created by: queeny
Pronunciation:
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!
Etymology:
Eekpeek
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
Popcycle
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
Parentamnesia
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."
Gengression
Created by: bjorn
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: generation + regregression
Transparentcy
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
Etymology:
Metamomphosis
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation:
Sentence: When her kids rolled their eyes at her she realized the metamomphosis was complete
Etymology: metamorphosis + mom
Poppamia
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: pop-pa-pmi-a
Sentence: My poppamia moment? When my hair started to fallout...
Etymology: pop me
Comments:
Jabberwocky - 2006-11-07: 06:11:00
I love the picture today - very animated
wordmeister - 2006-11-07: 07:11:00
I like Metamomphosis. Very funny!
- 2006-11-10: 19:11:00
Love the sentence for Popcycle. Very funny.
- 2006-11-11: 06:11:00
Scary and wry illustration -- cross-gendered, lizard-licking humale.
- 2006-11-11: 18:11:00
Eekpeek really strikes a chord. I looked in the mirror and shrieked Eeek! in horror as I saw my mother/father in my face... scary.