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DEFINITION: v. To be angry and disappointed (and secretly embarrassed) when your children grow up to make the same foolish mistakes that you did. n. The emotion parents feel when they see their children make the same mistakes they did.
Verboticisms
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Pissedoffspring
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pissd/off/spr/ing
Sentence: Their pissedoffspring were a constant source of anger and disappointment
Etymology: pissed off + offspring
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COMMENTS:
springs eternal i guess... - wordmeister, 2007-01-17: 23:58:00
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Dejablues
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation: day-zyar-bloo-s
Sentence: Groucho and Binky were hoping to send their daughter Nelly to university, but were suffering dejablues when she packed herself off to the circus
Etymology: From de-ja-vu (the feeling of repeating a past event) and having the blues (depression)
Ragetition
Created by: hamburgerman
Pronunciation: rage-a-tish-un
Sentence: the man had emenase ragetition when his son stole a car, a foolish stunt he pulled in his teen years as well
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
no comment - hamburgerman, 2009-08-20: 19:01:00
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Erroer
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: err ro er
Sentence: Fish parents are no different from human parents. They salmon the courage to spawn (just for the halibut) or to have small fry. They are the sole providers to ungrateful offspring. These kids become hard of herring when they become teenagers and the little shrimp are often smelt before they are seen. They can be crabs, they skate, wear a mullet, plaice great importance on their friends at school and sing out of tuna. Yes, parenthood is a game of trawl and erroer.
Etymology: Error (mistake) & Roe (fish eggs or egg-filled ovary)
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COMMENTS:
erroer is a pretty crappy word - Koekbroer, 2012-05-26: 02:18:00
I think you meant carpy...and yet who got the most votes...hmmm - Nosila, 2012-05-27: 21:00:00
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Erredity
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: err-ehd-ih-tee
Sentence: When Sandra insisted she really, really loved the drop-out slacker, her Mom remembered meeting Sandra's Dad for the first time, shrugged, and chalked it up to erredity.
Etymology: err (make an error) + heredity (characteristics transmitted genetically
Heirrified
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: air - eh -fide
Sentence: Marty was heirrifed when he saw Isabelle taking the same risks and making the same mistakes that he had made when he was younger.
Etymology: heir, terrified
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COMMENTS:
Heiriffic word! - Nosila, 2009-08-21: 00:32:00
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Stupinheritance
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: stup-in-her-i-tans
Sentence: I thought John would grow up to be something, like me! Instead he stupinherited his father's ability as a slacker!
Etymology: stupid + inheritance
Slapsed
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: slap-sz'd
Sentence: Sadly, many parents are slapsed by their children these days.
Etymology: slapped + elapsed (as in, time elapsed since you were a child)
