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DEFINITION: n. The emotional connection between a mother and her child, which continues on through life despite all the protestations. v. To be loved by your mother and even though you complain about it a lot.
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Smotherlylove
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: SMOTH er ly love
Sentence: He still needed her help! She often imagined her son still small enough to hold like a baby. In fact, she could recall the day he was born as if it were just nineteen days ago! Rob felt smotherlyloved and complained bitterly to her, but looked forward to her daily calls just the same. For gawd sakes: he was thirty-nine-eleven...so why was she still asking him things like, had he eaten any greens lately or, did he still have that watch she gave him?! (Her pancakes are still the best, though).
Etymology: From: love, smother and a play on "motherly love".
Motherpetual
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: moth-er-pet-tu-al
Sentence: It was early on Mother's Day that I first felt the quickening of movement that signaled the beginning of my motherpetual vigil. I realized that from that moment on every breath I took would be a continual prayer for the happiness of another, that every movement would be for and toward the beloved, every gaze would be like the anxious watch of a sentinal for his king, and that no force in heaven and on earth could stop it nor would death ever end it.
Etymology: mother + perpetual: enduring forever
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COMMENTS:
Mother of a Pearl! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 23:20:00
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Infantuation
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn fannn chew ay shun
Sentence: Infantuation was the only explanation for the love she felt for her dylanquent son Robert
Etymology: infatuation, infant
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COMMENTS:
Infantastic word! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 10:31:00
fits the cartoon perfectly - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:15:00
Dylanquency in fantastically appropriate word! - dochanne, 2009-05-08: 19:53:00
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Mompudent
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mämpyədənt
Sentence: Debbie can always count on her kids to be mompudent. If they expressed affection without a snide comment she would be concerned that something was drastically wrong.
Etymology: mom (one’s mother) + impudent (not showing due respect for another person)
Motherbucker
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: muhth-er-buhk-er
Sentence: Tim's mom treats him like he's still two years old despite his stint in the Marines and his job as a cop. As she nuzzles up to him and calls him her "Pookie Wookie" he becomes a motherbucker.
Etymology: mother (a female parent) + bucker (to resist or oppose obstinately)
Infabomom
Created by: jasjamson
Pronunciation: N-fab-o-mum
Sentence: Infabomom created a healthy relationship with his wife and mother-in-law.
Etymology: Infant bonding with mother. Infa + bo + mom = infabomom
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COMMENTS:
a 'bon mot' - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:14:00
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Wombance
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: woom-ans
Sentence: Sarah was jealous of her husband's wombance with his mother until she had her first child. Then she understood.
Etymology: womb (uterus) + romance (a love affair)
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COMMENTS:
reminds me of Van Morrison's Moondance; Well, its a marvelous night for a wombance - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:20:00
Wombance - is that when wombats feel romance?? - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 23:23:00
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Mamamiasma
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: mah-mah-mee-az-mah
Sentence: Prince Hammie Boy was so obsessed with and conflicted by his mother's marriage to his father's brother, he created a mamamiasma in the castle and left quite a few dead, giving truth to the expression "something is rotten in Denmark." Those involved in the clean-up soon suffered from mamamiasthma.
Etymology: Blending Mama Mia (title of musical/Italian for "my mama") + miasma (putrid air)
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COMMENTS:
Oooops, forgot about Mother's Day! I love my Mommy... - readerwriter, 2009-05-08: 09:33:00
terrific blend - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:16:00
Like your use of Hamlet's tragic error! Excellent words - mamamiasma and mamamiasthma! - splendiction, 2009-05-08: 23:12:00
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Smotherhood
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sməðərhoŏd
Sentence: Joyce is very good at smotherhood. Despite protests from her son Tom, she is involved just about every aspect of his life. She selects what he should wear each day. She plans his diet, what he watches on TV, how he spends his spare time. Tom's wife just wants her to go home for a while.
Etymology: smother (make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner toward them) motherhood (being with a female parent)
Comments:
We're celebrating Mothers Day with today's definition, and with a few words from the Bob Dylan song Lord Protect My Child:
Just to see him at play makes me smile
No matter what happens to me
No matter what my destiny
Lord, protect my child
Happy Mother's Day ~ James
Oh great, now I get to spend all day with mascara running down my face. I almost couldn't write anything. The lyrics to the song are so beautiful and all at once bathed me in memories of my mother, memories of the birth of my daughter and of the day I was blessed to be there for the birth of her son. Thank you, James.
It sounds like Bob has touched a chord. Thanks! ~ James