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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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Parentalparody

Created by: evthalia

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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Dadline

petaj

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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Begotit

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: bee-got-it

Sentence: When I found myself beginning a sentence with the phrase "Ya know, when I was your age...", it was clearly evident that I had begotit.

Etymology: begot, "got it" (realization)

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Transhorrification

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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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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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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Heirapparent

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: Air + apparent

Sentence: Suddenly it was all too clear, I saw my father's face in the mirror, and in that moment of heirapparent, I swooned to the ground.

Etymology: The really cool thing about this one for me is that it contains my last name internally.

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COMMENTS:

Hello Mr/Ms Rap, or is it Mr/Ms Ira, or is it Mr/Ms Ppa, or is it Mr/Ms Ir, or is it Mr/Ms Ra, or is it Mr/Ms Arent, or is it Mr/Ms Pp, or is it Mr/Ms Appa, or is it Mr/Ms Par, or is it Mr/Ms Irapp, or ....... - Stevenson0, 2007-07-02: 15:50:00

All of those and you juuuust missed! It's "Rapp." - Osomatic, 2007-07-03: 13:45:00

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Measma

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: mee as maa

Sentence: a terrifying measma occurred when she heard her own recorded message and thought briefly that she had phoned her mother's number, which was unlikely since she hadn't spoken to her since the morning of her graduation three decades ago. It was apparent that she was becoming aparent

Etymology: me as ma, miasma as in terrible odour

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COMMENTS:

Gets it. - Clayton, 2007-07-02: 15:12:00

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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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Miscegeneration

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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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!