Verboticism: Genashame

'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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Genashame

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: jen-a-shame or jeen-a-shame

Sentence: Bob was overcome with genashame upon discovering Robert Jr's conversion to a wacky cult like Christianity.

Etymology: From "gene" and "shame/ashamed". Anyone upset by my sentence will surely forgive me...

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