Verboticism: Suppoker
DEFINITION: v. To be offered regular encouragement, unwavering support and subtle but unrelenting criticism based on the worry that you may not be realizing your "full potential". n. The helpful but sometimes annoying advice given by a mother to a child.
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Admomish
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ad mom ish
Sentence: Mamma Mia, there you go again my, my, I know you can't resist it. Mamma Mia, does it show again my, my just how much you admomish me? Yes, you've been brokenhearted, blue since the day I started. Why why, will you never let me go? Mamma Mia, even if I say bye, bye, leave me alone now and forever. Mamma Mia,it's a game we play,bye, bye, doesn't mean I'm clever. Just one look and I can see my many slips. You're a travel agent for all my guilt trips. Whoa oa... Mamma Mia..... Happy Mother's Day!
Etymology: Admonish (a firm rebuke or an act or expression of criticism and censure) & Mom (Mamma Mia, Mutter,Mere,Mama,Madre, Mater,Mommy Dearest, Mammy,Mumsy,Mummy,Ma, Mother: a woman who has a child)
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COMMENTS:
way too much time on your hands! I'll nevr be able to hear the original again without thinking of the travel agent for guilt trips. well done again! - galwaywegian, 2008-05-09: 07:14:00
2 much time?: Let's see ft job; plus own a business;have kids & pets;look glamourous 24-7 and have the computer from midnight to 1:00 am: priceless! Cheers, love ABBA and love from Mothers everywhere! - Nosila, 2008-05-10: 00:27:00
Made me think of my mom...and I smiled. - Mustang, 2008-05-10: 02:44:00
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Admomish
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: ad-mom-ish
Sentence: Lena knew that to raise her son properly she would have to encourage him and admomish him daily, even if he didn't want her advice and council.
Etymology: admonish: to reprove gently but earnestly, expression of criticism + mom
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COMMENTS:
nice - galwaywegian, 2010-07-12: 09:29:00
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Mompliment
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /MOM-pluh-ment/
Sentence: Keith's mother would praise him whenever he came to visit, but she would always follow up with a mompliment, expressing mild disappointment that he hadn't done better. Keith was a successful pharmacist — he even owned his pharmacy — but after saying how proud she was of him, she'd finish with something like, "...but you could've been a real doctor, just like Pearl's son, Mark. Did you hear, he just bought one of those fancy new cars that talks to you?"
Etymology: Mom - short for momma (from Greek, mámmé "breast") + Compliment - an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration (from Italian, complimento "expression of respect and civility")
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COMMENTS:
Excellent! - Mustang, 2008-05-10: 02:42:00
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Hencouraged
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hen kurr ajd
Sentence: He wasn't sure why, but when she hencouraged him, he felt foul.
Etymology: encouraged, henpecked
Guidanchide
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: guy-dan-chide
Sentence: Ken's mother became a Guidanchide master due to years of practice and study. This ancient childrearing technique of buildup-teardown has long been considered to benefit children and has been practiced by many mothers since the dawn of time. Recent scholars, however, have noted that the Guidanchide method has mostly benefited those pharmaceutical companies who manufacture antidepressants and divorce attorneys.
Etymology: guidance: help, advice or counseling + chide: to scold mildly so as to correct or improve
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - Nosila, 2009-06-23: 16:24:00
She sounds like my guidanchide counsellor. - Mustang, 2009-06-23: 21:34:00
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Chidance
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ch - i - dans
Sentence: Agnes bestowed large amounts of chidance on all of her children; thinking that she was being helpful. She was afraid that if someone did not give them regular support, encouragement and loud lectures, they might not realize that they were not quite living out her dreams for them.
Etymology: chide (rebuke a person harshly), guidance (advice, help)
Mombeseech
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: MOM-bi-seech
Sentence: What Penelope intended as gentle motherly advice for her son, Larry, came out as shrieking mombeseech, small compliments followed by harsh and almost demanding insistence on following certain life choices that she thought best for him.
Etymology: Blend of 'mom' and 'beseech' (to implore urgently)
Ponaggling
Created by: Lyokia
Pronunciation: Pon-aggle-ing
Sentence: My mother was ponaggling me yesterday in hopes that I would sign up for a difficult course.
Etymology: Based on positive, nag, haggle.
Impotentate
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: im/poe/ten/tate
Sentence: His mother was such an impotentate that her nagging had a reverse effect.
Etymology: impotent + potentate
Constructical
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: con-strukt-i-kal
Sentence: Jeremy's mother wanted the best for him. She knew he was gifted but felt he lacked drive and direction. She had always been constructical with him and hoped one day soon it would lead him to seize more of the opportunities around him.
Etymology: Constructive - build up (confidence); critical - finding fault with (someone/something)
