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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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Smotherlylove
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: SMOTH er ly love
Sentence: He still needed her help! She often imagined her son still small enough to hold like a baby. In fact, she could recall the day he was born as if it were just nineteen days ago! Rob felt smotherlyloved and complained bitterly to her, but looked forward to her daily calls just the same. For gawd sakes: he was thirty-nine-eleven...so why was she still asking him things like, had he eaten any greens lately or, did he still have that watch she gave him?! (Her pancakes are still the best, though).
Etymology: From: love, smother and a play on "motherly love".
Demumstration
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dee-mum-stray-shun
Sentence: She knew he was just showing her a demumstration in front of his friends as he tried to ignore her presence; he couldn't help but secretly text her that he still loved her.
Etymology: demonstration (protest) + mum (mother)
Umbilicallingcard
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: um/bill/i/call/ing/card
Sentence: No matter where you may be or what you may be doing you have a lifelong umbilicallingcard with your mother. If not for you, Babe, I couldn't find the door, Couldn't even see the floor, I'd be sad and blue, If not for you.
Etymology: umbilical + calling card
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COMMENTS:
real charm to umbilicallingcard! - splendiction, 2009-05-08: 23:07:00
Cute...I feel so attached. Cord-On Blue! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 23:19:00
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Smotherhood
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sməðərhoŏd
Sentence: Joyce is very good at smotherhood. Despite protests from her son Tom, she is involved just about every aspect of his life. She selects what he should wear each day. She plans his diet, what he watches on TV, how he spends his spare time. Tom's wife just wants her to go home for a while.
Etymology: smother (make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner toward them) motherhood (being with a female parent)
Maternality
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: muh-tern-AL-ity
Sentence: The bond between mothers and offspring is maternality, maternal love and instincts that last throughout the lifetime.
Etymology: Blend of maternal and eternity
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COMMENTS:
Maternally yours! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 10:34:00
so sweet - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:17:00
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Mombarrasment
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: mom-barr-rass-mint
Sentence: She's a bit of a mombarrassment when she smothers Doug because he always complains afterwards.
Etymology: mom + embarrassment
Amasterpieceofheartfeltstrings
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: A-mas-ter-peace-of-heart-felt-strings
Sentence: Feeling amasterpieceofheartfeltstrings of your child.
Etymology: A masterpiece:Something superlative of its kind,an outstanding achievement! (In this case my only child, my son) Of:Composed or made from,Centering on; directed toward. Heartfelt:Sincerely and strongly felt! Strings: The ties that bind you to your child as a parent that somehow you feel when they need you by instinct. A strong connection as an invisable string that is stronger than you have ever dreamed of experiencing in a lifetime. (A deep bond) "Of ALL of the paintings,drawings or writings I have done, my greatest masterpiece is my son!
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COMMENTS:
congratulations and happy mother's day - he's a lucky boy - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:12:00
Poignant! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 23:22:00
HAPPY Mother's day to all you ladies blessed with children :) Thanks Jabber and Nosila ;-) - abrakadeborah, 2009-05-10: 06:29:00
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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)
Mamamiasma
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: mah-mah-mee-az-mah
Sentence: Prince Hammie Boy was so obsessed with and conflicted by his mother's marriage to his father's brother, he created a mamamiasma in the castle and left quite a few dead, giving truth to the expression "something is rotten in Denmark." Those involved in the clean-up soon suffered from mamamiasthma.
Etymology: Blending Mama Mia (title of musical/Italian for "my mama") + miasma (putrid air)
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COMMENTS:
Oooops, forgot about Mother's Day! I love my Mommy... - readerwriter, 2009-05-08: 09:33:00
terrific blend - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:16:00
Like your use of Hamlet's tragic error! Excellent words - mamamiasma and mamamiasthma! - splendiction, 2009-05-08: 23:12:00
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Oxytoxindissmaterealization
Created by: November
Pronunciation: oxytoxin-diss-materealization
Sentence: He suffered from the immature and life long curse of "oxytoxin dissmaterealization".
Etymology: A Mashup from the words: oxytocin,toxin,to"diss",mater -(Noun 1. mater - an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously ),dematerialize/realize/realization.
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COMMENTS:
his poor mother - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:18:00
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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