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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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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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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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Irrinfintated
Created by: katiesavard
Pronunciation: ee-rin-fin-tate-ed
Sentence: 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.
Etymology: irritated, infant - irrinfintated
Loatyose
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Loat-yose
Sentence: I still can say...loatyose
Etymology:
Parappointment
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: pair-ah-point-ment
Sentence: I can't believe she spent that money on her hair, Marcy said to her manicurist.
Etymology: parent+disappointment
Paediono
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: pee-dee-oh no!
Sentence: "I have a feeling young Alex flunked his exams; there was definitely an air of paediono when I passed Geoff on the drive just now ... "
Etymology: from paediatric, (relating to care of children) + 'oh no! ....'
Dumbkins
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: dum-kins
Sentence: Mom knitted Dad and there 2 dumbkins each a pair of four fingured gloves. Like Dad, none of his sons mastered the use of the chainsaw.
Etymology: dumb/as in not too smart. Kins/ the kids
Genethick
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: jen eh thik
Sentence: The fishy world of genethicks shows more misinformation in our double eelix than had been previously thought
Etymology: genetic thick
Fishappointment
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: fish ap poynt ment
Sentence: Eddy & Molly had high hopes for their young fry, Gill. But time after time he created fishappointment in his parents by repeating their errors. Like most tuna-aged offspring, he skipped school, wore a mullet and a sole-patch, his room smelt and he swore just for the halibut. His parents were fishsatisfied with his behaviour and to avoid further fishcontent, they carped at him until he got a job. He was a fishgruntled bass-tard at first, but finally found his porpoise and plaice as a spawn-broker.
Etymology: Fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills) & Disappointment (a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized)
Kidsgusted
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: kidz-gust-ed
Sentence: When Marnie started dating the biker, her mother supported her decision, but was secretly kidsgusted with her.
Etymology: disgusted + kids
