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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.

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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

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Heirroneous

Carla

Created by: Carla

Pronunciation: air-roh-nee-us

Sentence: Like his father, and his father's father before him, Tim heirroneously believed money could buy him happiness.

Etymology: heir + erroneous (containing or derived from error)

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Outerchildism

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: ow - ter - child - ism

Sentence: Shelly's outerchildism was making it hard for her to get over her children's failures.

Etymology: a play off of innerchild

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Offlapse

Created by: PolishedAmethyst

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Gwen isn't going to be at the party tonight, there was an minor offlapse in the family and she needs to take care of it.

Etymology: Offspring, relapse

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Successerr

mrskellyscl

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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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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Parappointment

ubgrud

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

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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

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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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Parentugh

Created by: Madamemojo

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