Verboticism: Despawndent

'You'd think they'd learn...'

DEFINITION: v. To be angry and disappointed (and secretly embarrassed) when your children grow up to make the same foolish mistakes that you did. n. The emotion parents feel when they see their children make the same mistakes they did.

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Despawndent

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: de-sporn-dent

Sentence: His offspring invoked a great despawndency in him, when they ignored his experienced advice to not have children.

Etymology: despondent (sadness) + spawn (offspring)

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