Verboticism: Dumbkins

'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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Dumbkins

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: dum-kins

Sentence: Mom knitted Dad and there 2 dumbkins each a pair of four fingured gloves. Like Dad, none of his sons mastered the use of the chainsaw.

Etymology: dumb/as in not too smart. Kins/ the kids

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