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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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Stupinheritance

Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: stup-in-her-i-tans

Sentence: I thought John would grow up to be something, like me! Instead he stupinherited his father's ability as a slacker!

Etymology: stupid + inheritance

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Outerchildism

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: ow - ter - child - ism

Sentence: Shelly's outerchildism was making it hard for her to get over her children's failures.

Etymology: a play off of innerchild

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Genethick

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: jen eh thik

Sentence: The fishy world of genethicks shows more misinformation in our double eelix than had been previously thought

Etymology: genetic thick

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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

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COMMENTS:

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

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Genidiocy

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: jenideeeosee

Sentence: The Bush Foundation have a personal stake in ongoing research into genidiocy.

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COMMENTS:

erasmus I would vote but I need more detail, a sentence, some etymology! Its a good word! - erasmus, 2007-01-17: 10:02:00

The Bush Foundation have a personal stake in ongoing research into genidiocy. - galwaywegian, 2007-01-18: 04:14:00

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Ragetition

Created by: hamburgerman

Pronunciation: rage-a-tish-un

Sentence: the man had emenase ragetition when his son stole a car, a foolish stunt he pulled in his teen years as well

Etymology:

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COMMENTS:

no comment - hamburgerman, 2009-08-20: 19:01:00

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Reduxary

Created by: MrBlack

Pronunciation:

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Parant

Created by: chris

Pronunciation: pair-rant

Sentence: Just as he was about to parant about his kids, Justin remembered his father had paranted about him in much the same way.

Etymology: parent + rant

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Successerr

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: suck-ses-serr

Sentence: James came from a long line of Village Idiots and he proved himself to be a worthy successerr to his father and grandfathers before him.

Etymology: successor: one who takes over for another as in royalty or title + err: to make a mistake

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COMMENTS:

James is just one of the Village People... - Nosila, 2009-08-20: 09:51:00

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Fishappointment

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: fish ap poynt ment

Sentence: Eddy & Molly had high hopes for their young fry, Gill. But time after time he created fishappointment in his parents by repeating their errors. Like most tuna-aged offspring, he skipped school, wore a mullet and a sole-patch, his room smelt and he swore just for the halibut. His parents were fishsatisfied with his behaviour and to avoid further fishcontent, they carped at him until he got a job. He was a fishgruntled bass-tard at first, but finally found his porpoise and plaice as a spawn-broker.

Etymology: Fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills) & Disappointment (a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized)

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