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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.
Verboticisms
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Spartner
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: spart - nur
Sentence: Because Jeffrey caused such adverse reactions among her family and friends, which often led to fights, Emily was starting to think of him as a spartner instead of a partner.
Etymology: spar (to fight), partner
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COMMENTS:
spartacular word! - Nosila, 2010-01-15: 23:35:00
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Spousejoust
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: spows-jowst
Sentence: Helen carefully checked Hank's mowhawk before knocking on her parents' door. If they were going to spousejoust then she wanted her sweetheart to look his best.
Etymology: spouse + joust (a personal combat or competition)
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COMMENTS:
got my vote =-) - grasshopper, 2007-06-22: 11:26:00
Thanks grasshopper, glad you liked it! - serendipity9000, 2007-06-22: 13:21:00
Once the door opened did it turn into Stevenson0's wrestlemateia - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 16:40:00
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Hunacceptable
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: hun-ax-cept-able
Sentence: Bob brought his sleezy girlfriend, Jill, home to meet his parents. Bob's mom found her totally hunacceptable calling her a tramp. Bob's dad totally approved saying they need more hot sex crazed females in the family. Hummmmmm, who should Bob listen to???????
Etymology: unacceptable,not satisfactory/hun, slang for honey
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COMMENTS:
Attilla the children all the time 'donta listen to your papa' - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 10:40:00
Very cute- I will adopt this word to describe all my dh's hunacceptable behavior. - mdmquincy, 2007-06-22: 17:56:00
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Natalinfraction
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: Nay-tul-in-frak-shun
Sentence: Jen loved the circus so much that she let the dog-faced boy follow her home to meet her parents. To Jen's chagrin, her parent's saw him as just another one of her natalinfractions. It was reminiscent of the time she brought home the fella who bore a striking resemblance to Jabberwocky. http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/ugly_dog/wallpaper/gallery/wallpaper02_800.jpg
Etymology: natal (pertaining to procreating), infraction, fatal attraction
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COMMENTS:
I updated the link. - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-22: 08:22:00
Hey!! I resemble that remark - oh I mean resent - it's Friday 'let the pun begin' - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 09:13:00
Sorry 'bout that bit of Jabbermockery - I couldn't resist. BTW, rikboyee's Jabbergasted is one of my favs! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-22: 09:37:00
well shucks...consider me rikbouyed by your remarks - rikboyee, 2007-06-22: 18:56:00
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Conalien
Created by: m1carren
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Her dad freaked out when he found out she was in love with a conalien.
Etymology: con: with Alien: of another
Dudumb
Created by: poello5
Pronunciation: dü-dümb
Sentence: Cj and Sean are dudumb people when they try to do grzeda's verbotomy word.
Etymology: DU- two
Dysparamour
Created by: bwesterlind
Pronunciation: Diss-para-more
Sentence: n: Her dysparamour caused significant angst to the family. v: After they met him they had quite the dysparamour.
Etymology: Dys- Root of word meaning "Not" Paramour- Root as word meaning one who is a possible suitor.
Ilsentimate
Created by: AlyssaluvsBTR12
Pronunciation: il-sēnt-i-mātĕ
Sentence: The father felt very ilsentimate about his daughter's boyfriend.
Etymology: Il-Bad Sent-to feel, think Mate- partner
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