Verboticism: Heirrified

'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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Heirrified

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: air - eh -fide

Sentence: Marty was heirrifed when he saw Isabelle taking the same risks and making the same mistakes that he had made when he was younger.

Etymology: heir, terrified

Points: 563

Comments: Heirrified

Nosila - 2009-08-21: 00:32:00
Heiriffic word!