Verboticism: Wisdumb

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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Madrigrail
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: maa/dri/grail
Sentence: My mother is famous for her madrigrails. Here is an example - Now is the month of maying, When merry lads (like you) are playing, Fa la la la la. Each with his bonny lass, upon the greeny grass, Fa la la la la. Now if you could just do a better job cutting the lawn Fa la la la la Then you would be a better son Fa la la la la
Etymology: Ma + madrigal (song) + rail (rant)
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COMMENTS:
Nice word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-11: 18:32:00
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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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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
Mumtor
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mum/tor
Sentence: Jim's mother took it upon herself to mumtor him in all aspects of his life.
Etymology: mum + mentor
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.
Ventcouragement
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: vent koor adj ment
Sentence: Irving's mother, Sadie, was always comparing him to the Lipowitz boy wonder next door, Julius. Although she loved Irving, she only wanted the best for him and her pep talks soon turned into ventcouragement sessions about his shortfalls. She wanted him to go into medicine, like Julius did, but no, he became an accountant instead. She continued to rant about Dr.Julius next door, until he was indicted for income tax evasion by the Feds and arrested at home. Irving thought this would level the playing field a bit, but no she told him he was just too honest for his own good! Oy!
Etymology: Vent (give expression or utterance to;activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion) & Encouragement (the expression of approval and support;the feeling of being encouraged; the act of giving hope or support to someone)
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COMMENTS:
nice combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-06-23: 13:41:00
Sadie was no doubt seeking a standing oy vay-shun. - Mustang, 2009-06-23: 21:32:00
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Smotherspeak
Created by: arrrteest
Pronunciation: smuth-er-speek
Sentence: Jason cringed at the very sound whenever his mother began a sentence with a motherspeak preface. "I like the (fill in noun or phrase), but..." Yes, it was like everything she would say before the word "but" softened you up for a reprimand, left-handed compliment, or unsolicited opinion.
Etymology: We put the mother in smother + speak, as in newspeak, from the George Orwell novel 1984 where language was manipulated to control thoughts and ideas
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COMMENTS:
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-05-11: 18:34:00
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Irritribeating
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: EAR-it-TRY-beating
Sentence: Artie's old mom was a nasty control freak. Inside he raged, outside he was too meek¦ He wanted to do something manly like logging, But ended up chained to a desk merely blogging. Driven to madness by matronly bleating, Artie succumbed to Mom's IRRITRIBEATING.
Etymology: IRRItate+diaTRIBE+beATING= IRRITRIBEATING.....IRRITATE: transitive verb 1 : to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in; Latin irritatus, past participle of irritare.....DIATRIBE: a prolonged discourse, a bitter and abusive speech or coercive harangue; Latin diatriba, from Greek diatribÄ“ pastime, discourse, from diatribein to spend (time), wear away, from dia- + tribein to rub.....BEATING: to hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain, to lodge securely by repeated striking; Middle English beten, from Old English bÄ“atan; akin to Old High German bÅzan to beat.....
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COMMENTS:
Dig deep.
Store rice.
Verbotomize daily.
Never seek hegemony! - metrohumanx, 2009-06-23: 00:44:00
Irritribeally good. - Nosila, 2009-06-23: 16:26:00
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Admomition
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ad mom ish shun
Sentence: Mrs. Jones' admomition for her only son Gary awas to be better than he was and he should have been a lawyer. Never mind that he was CEO of a multi-million dollar corporation and whisked her away to Florida on his private jet whenever she wanted...
Etymology: Admonishion (cautionary advice;a firm rebuke) & Mom (your Mommy, female parent)
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
