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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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Parentlament

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: pah-RENT-la-ment

Sentence: Randy and Sandy are typical parents who share with each other a great deal of parentlament when their kids ignore good advice and make the same mistakes they themselves made as teens.

Etymology: Blend of 'parent' (a father or mother) and 'lament' (a passionate expression of grief or sorrow)

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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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Successerr

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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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Fogielistic

Created by: greengoddess

Pronunciation: Fo gie listic

Sentence:

Etymology:

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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)

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Heirroneous

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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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Kidisillusioned

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: ki-dis-ill-oozh-und

Sentence: When I found out my son had gotten drunk and driven home despite my warnings not to, I was entirely kidisillusioned

Etymology: kid + disillusioned

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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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Reduxary

Created by: MrBlack

Pronunciation:

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Pedisgrace

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'ped-is-"grAs/

Sentence: "Big" Tony Goldblatt was pedisgraced to see his daughter follow in his footsteps and become a hitperson.

Etymology: From pedigree + disgrace

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