Verboticism: Prankma
DEFINITION: v. To leave your pet, child or lover in the care of a friend or relative who teaches them a stupid trick or bad habit. n. A stupid trick or bad habit learned from a caregiver.
Prankma
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: prank-mar
Sentence: Bonny was starting to suspect that her mother was behaving subversively when babysitting her toddlers. Every time they stayed at Nanna's they would spend the following days saying that singlets were uncool, only dweebs wore hats and that making them tidy up their toys was inhibiting their creative development. Bonny was ready to confront Nanna about the prankmas.
Etymology: prank (joke, jape, trick) + grandma (an overly put upon family member who often cares for their grandchildren)
Points: 659
Comments: Prankma
Jabberwocky - 2008-02-26: 13:14:00
welcome back petaj - great little story
OZZIEBOB - 2008-02-26: 16:13:00
Good comeback!
silveryaspen - 2008-02-26: 19:25:00
Clever interplay!
petaj - 2008-02-27: 05:29:00
thanks for the welcome back - although I did verbotomize a couple of days back it has been weeks since i played regularly.