DEFINITION: v. tr. To be so overly protective about a person or object, that you become completely possessed by the fear of what could go wrong. n. A person who is so worried about protecting something that they smother it with their own fears.

Protectomania

Created by: Sibahi

Pronunciation: Protect-o-mania

Sentence: Julie, a 29-year-old, is regularly locked in her room in Friday nights by her protectomaniac father.

Etymology: Protect-o-mania: "mad about protection."

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