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DEFINITION: n. A chosen mating partner who is not well-accepted by one's parents. v. To fight with one's parents over the selection of a suitable mate.
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Checkeredmate
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: check/urd/mayte
Sentence: Checkeredmate her father yelled every time she brought a new boyfriend home
Etymology: checkmate + checkered + mate
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COMMENTS:
She misrook her boyfriend for a knight. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-22: 13:53:00
and her father mistook him for a queen - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 16:37:00
He was just a pawn in the conflict between her and her father, until she became board with him and castled him off. - petaj, 2007-06-22: 22:33:00
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Wrestlemateia
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: res/uhl/mate/eeah
Sentence: She was prepared to battle royal with her parents using arm locks and body slams for this latest beau. Because of his lower class status and occasional grunts, she was expecting an all out wrestlemateia.
Etymology: wrestlemania + mate
Rebelationship
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: re buhl LAY shun ship
Sentence: When I was a teenager, I had one rebelationship after another just to bug my father.
Etymology: rebel: to defy an authority + relationship: an association between two or more things
Kinflict
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪnˌflɪkt/
Sentence: While kinflict is most often caused by a choice in significant other, it can also be caused by other lifestyle choices, such as becoming a vegan, converting to Judaism, or switching to Mac from PC.
Etymology: From kin + conflict
Matusrejecticus
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: may tus re ject icuss
Sentence: My dad performed matusrejecticus and threw my boyfriend out the door.
Etymology: mate - match reject - throw out
Fiancenay
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: fee-ahns-NAY
Sentence: Alex found himself yet again a fiancenay--why was it his fault that Jenny's father deplored fauxhawks?
Etymology: fiancé + nay
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COMMENTS:
liked it very much - texmom, 2007-06-23: 23:39:00
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Parentrepidation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pair-en-trep-eh-DAY-shun
Sentence: Because of the lack of social skills and obvious lack of education of her boyfriend Burno, Melinda's parents both had severe cases of parentrepidation, and were sending signals to Melinda that it was time to send Bruno packing.
Etymology: Blend of the word 'Parent' and 'Trepidation' (n. nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation)
Partnerbarter
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: part-nuh-barr-tuh
Sentence: My parents met Ignatious for the first time yesterday. Upon shaking hands my Dad frowned and that's when we started to partnerbarter. Dad said he was too posh for me, but I told him that my Iggy only owns one island and he hardly ever goes there anyway.
Etymology: Partner - spouse, mate. Barter - bargain, negotiate.
Ohboyfriend
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: O-boi-frend
Sentence: In order to horrify her parents, Gina began bringing home a string of ohboyfriends. The latest sported a matching kilt and mohawk.
Etymology: oh boy! + boyfriend
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COMMENTS:
where art thou...LOL - grasshopper, 2007-06-22: 11:24:00
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Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal trilogy, Hominids, Humans and Hybrids. (We couldn't go through the whole RJS week without mentioning Neanderthals!) It's a story of two parallel worlds -- a human one and a Neanderthal one. The story pivots around the romantic tension between a female human and male Neanderthal. How about that for spicing up the gene pool? And I wonder what their parents would think? Thanks to Rob for the great story, and the inspiration. ~ James