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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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Parant
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: pair-rant
Sentence: Just as he was about to parant about his kids, Justin remembered his father had paranted about him in much the same way.
Etymology: parent + rant
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
Horriditary
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: hor/id/i/tary
Sentence: When the Whooples many years later saw the raucus repercussions of their ripsnorting romp in the hollyfuds one fine evening during the merry month of May, they realized only too well the impolite implications of horriditary.
Etymology: horrid + heriditary
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COMMENTS:
oh yes. very good. - erasmus, 2007-01-17: 11:10:00
Yes quippingqueen! Very good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-17: 23:57:00
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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)
Dunderchild
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: dəndərchīld
Sentence: It*s no wonder Joe is embarrassed by his dunderchild. After all, Junior has inherited almost everything he knows from his nincompop.
Etymology: dunderhead (a stupid person) + child (a son or daughter)
Successerr
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: suck-ses-serr
Sentence: James came from a long line of Village Idiots and he proved himself to be a worthy successerr to his father and grandfathers before him.
Etymology: successor: one who takes over for another as in royalty or title + err: to make a mistake
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COMMENTS:
James is just one of the Village People... - Nosila, 2009-08-20: 09:51:00
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Kintainted
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: kin tane ted
Sentence: Chester was nearly morose when he realized that his son was kintainted and would never amount to more than a chip off the old block.
Etymology: kin + tainted
Progeninny
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: proj-uh-nin-ee
Sentence: Most are happy that Jake is an only child. Now if only he can keep from producing a progeninny of his own, perhaps the world will be just a little smarter.
Etymology: progeny (offspring) + ninny (fool)
