Verboticisms

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: patrimorpiphany /ˌpætɹəmɔɹˈpɪfəni/ matrimorpiphany /ˌmætɹəmɔɹˈpɪfəni/

Sentence: I sort of expected to turn into my parents eventually, but I'm quickly approaching 30 with no patrimorpiphany in sight.

Etymology: patri- (father) or matri- (mother) morph- (change) + epiphany

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COMMENTS:

I don't have nearly the work ethic of either of my parents, and that doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon. - ErWenn, 2007-07-02: 00:17:00

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: rel-a-tiv-a-tion

Sentence: Chuck had a relativation that he had morphed into his father when he told little Chuckie to pull his finger.

Etymology: relative: kin; family + revelation: to reveal; enlightenment; to experience a moment of awareness of divine truth

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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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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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Created by: administraitor

Pronunciation: mis-e-gen-er-ay-shun

Sentence: As the "Big Four-Oh" approached, Harold began to notice the thinning hair, drooping jowels and vacant expression that in his mind characterized both his father and grandfather. "Maybe," he thought "I could stave off this miscegeneration if I were to leave home!"

Etymology: miscegenation + generation

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: trans/hor/ri/fi/kay/shun

Sentence: The transhorrification took place when he realized that he was more mom than mom.

Etymology: transmogrification (to transform) + horror

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COMMENTS:

Must be the horromoms... - jrogan, 2009-07-14: 23:45:00

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Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: bread-morf

Sentence: As she wondered why she had so many undesireable traits, it suddenly occurred to her that bredmorphing had taken place.

Etymology: bred + morph

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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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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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Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: DAD-line

Sentence: The Dadline had just passed and Kelly came to the realization that he was a mummyograph, rather than a patercopy.

Etymology: Dad + deadline

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COMMENTS:

I'm momligated to think that this may take some dadjustment on Kelly's part. - Clayton, 2007-07-02: 08:49:00

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