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'Daddy? No it's mommy!'

DEFINITION: v. The moment when a child realizes that they are turning into their mother, or father, or both! n. To suddenly realize that you are turning into your parents.

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Climan

ohwtepph

Created by: ohwtepph

Pronunciation: klahy-mahn

Sentence: This is the climan of my life, and I don't dare spoil it by shaving all my hair so I'll look like myself.

Etymology: climax + man

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Sonstunned

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: sun - stun - d

Sentence: Seth was sonstunned when he heard himself repeating the phrases his father had said during his childhood. In a moment of revelation he recognized that he was turning into his dad.....

Etymology: stunned (overcome as with astonishment or disbelief), son

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Parenticitis

Created by: annieb

Pronunciation: Pa-rent-i-ci-tis

Sentence: I've got a bad case of parenticitis - I'm turning into my mother!

Etymology: mixture of parent and -itis

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Transhorrification

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: trans/hor/ri/fi/cation

Sentence: It was a moment of total transhorrification when he realized he was more like mom than mom.

Etymology: transmogrification (convert, transform, or change)+ horror + horrific

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COMMENTS:

perfect for the cartoon - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-02: 11:02:00

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Paturation

Created by: Clayton

Pronunciation: pach-uh-REY-shuhn

Sentence: Cindy's realization of her inevitable paturation came with the consternation of the maladministration of her Haitian vacation.

Etymology: pat- + maturation

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Parentllelism

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: pare/ent/lell/ism

Sentence: There was a definite parentllelism the first time he did a comb over.

Etymology: parent + parallelism (similarity)

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Progenitation

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Pro-jen-eh-tay-shun

Sentence: I was mystified and horrified when I realized that my progenitation was of neither of my parents but of Arthur, my dog.

Etymology: Progenitor (parent) + transformation / transmutation (a change)

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COMMENTS:

shouldn't that be transmuttation - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-02: 19:36:00

hmm, true, or at least transfurmation - ziggy41, 2007-07-02: 23:45:00

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Threshscold

Lapper

Created by: Lapper

Pronunciation: THRESH-skold

Sentence: Mary was in the middle of critizing her son's eating habits when she hit the threshscold; running screaming to the bathroom.

Etymology: Threshold and scold.

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COMMENTS:

wasn't that a Moody Blues album "On the Threshcold of a Scream" ? - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-02: 11:01:00

Lapper I can honestly say that I've never heard of that band or that album, but it is unfortunate that it's not as original as I thought it was. - Lapper, 2007-07-07: 23:50:00

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Geneshock

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: Jen-eh-shock

Sentence: Looking into the mirror, Billy experienced a mild wave of geneshock as his father cheerfully waved back.

Etymology: Genetics+shock

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Parentalparody

Created by: evthalia

Pronunciation:

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Comments:

Clayton - 2007-07-02: 00:57:00
Paturation

Clayton - 2007-07-02: 00:57:00
Whoops.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-07-02: 02:21:00
Hey Clayton, is that "Whoops" or "Whoopee!" for winning the top spot in last week's author ranking. It was very close -- just 3 points between you, galwaywegian and petaj! Congrats to all! ~ James

purpleartichokes - 2007-07-02: 04:50:00
Congrats Clayton!! Where's the party?

Clayton - 2007-07-02: 05:20:00
Hey... I won?! Amazing! How the heck did that happen? I don't think I even had a single word that scored over 20 pts. last week.

Jabberwocky - 2007-07-02: 08:59:00
Never mind that bit - I'm with purple - where's the party? Since Galway and petaj were so close we could have an international one.

Clayton - 2007-07-02: 10:22:00
Listen, I haven't seen any of you guys throw a party following any of your wins. This is total bull$#!+

ziggy41 - 2007-07-02: 12:19:00
Congrats Clayton, and a party, when and where? ;P

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-07-02: 14:07:00
If any artists show up at Clayton's party let them know that we are looking for illustrators and/or cartoonists to participate in our visiting artist program at Verbotomy. Please contact me at james@verbotomy.com ~ James

Clayton - 2007-07-02: 15:14:00
o_O

artr artr - 2009-07-13: 13:27:00
Guest artist? New style? Reminds me a bit of Shel Silverstein.

mrskellyscl mrskellyscl - 2009-07-13: 20:19:00
May he rest in peace. What a great writer!