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DEFINITION: n. The emotional connection between a mother and her child, which continues on through life despite all the protestations. v. To be loved by your mother and even though you complain about it a lot.
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Smotherhood
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sməðərhoŏd
Sentence: Joyce is very good at smotherhood. Despite protests from her son Tom, she is involved just about every aspect of his life. She selects what he should wear each day. She plans his diet, what he watches on TV, how he spends his spare time. Tom's wife just wants her to go home for a while.
Etymology: smother (make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner toward them) motherhood (being with a female parent)
Demumstration
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: dee-mum-stray-shun
Sentence: She knew he was just showing her a demumstration in front of his friends as he tried to ignore her presence; he couldn't help but secretly text her that he still loved her.
Etymology: demonstration (protest) + mum (mother)
Mamamiasma
Created by: readerwriter
Pronunciation: mah-mah-mee-az-mah
Sentence: Prince Hammie Boy was so obsessed with and conflicted by his mother's marriage to his father's brother, he created a mamamiasma in the castle and left quite a few dead, giving truth to the expression "something is rotten in Denmark." Those involved in the clean-up soon suffered from mamamiasthma.
Etymology: Blending Mama Mia (title of musical/Italian for "my mama") + miasma (putrid air)
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COMMENTS:
Oooops, forgot about Mother's Day! I love my Mommy... - readerwriter, 2009-05-08: 09:33:00
terrific blend - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:16:00
Like your use of Hamlet's tragic error! Excellent words - mamamiasma and mamamiasthma! - splendiction, 2009-05-08: 23:12:00
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Infantuation
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: inn fannn chew ay shun
Sentence: Infantuation was the only explanation for the love she felt for her dylanquent son Robert
Etymology: infatuation, infant
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COMMENTS:
Infantastic word! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 10:31:00
fits the cartoon perfectly - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:15:00
Dylanquency in fantastically appropriate word! - dochanne, 2009-05-08: 19:53:00
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Claustromomic
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: claws + tro + mom + ik
Sentence: Clyde had felt claustromomic ever since he could remember. When he was ten, he was not allowed to play outside with the other kids because she was afraid he might be hurt; now at 45, she lectured him about how he might get hurt mowing the lawn. He knew she loved him but he just felt so "hemmed in".
Etymology: Claustrophobic (uncomfortably closed or hemmed in) and Mom
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COMMENTS:
poor Clyde! - Good word! - splendiction, 2009-05-08: 23:14:00
That's some wonderful word making! - Littlewolfdreamer, 2013-09-05: 02:37:00
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Maternality
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: muh-tern-AL-ity
Sentence: The bond between mothers and offspring is maternality, maternal love and instincts that last throughout the lifetime.
Etymology: Blend of maternal and eternity
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COMMENTS:
Maternally yours! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 10:34:00
so sweet - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:17:00
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Parentrapment
Created by: emdeejay
Pronunciation: pair entrapment
Sentence: Bob once had a case of parentrapment: "Come mothers and fathers throughout the land. And don't criticize what you can't understand. Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly agin'." ... Youth is charming, but at times a little selfish and impatient. This is more how I feel: "Love while ya can 'cos too soon they'll be gone, for the times they are a changin'"
Etymology: Parent: mum or dad. Entrapment: a compromising situation imposed upon you. Bob Dylan: You rock, man. Mum: I love you
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COMMENTS:
nice Dylan reference - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:19:00
Fabulous. Love the sentence. - dochanne, 2009-05-08: 19:45:00
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Mloving
Created by: Littlewolfdreamer
Pronunciation: Mll-uv-ing
Sentence: She had a special love for her child, it wasn't like any other, it was mlove.
Etymology: "Mom" and "Loving" Mom being the loving mother of the child requires no use of child in the word.
Amomability
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: A Mom A bilitee
Sentence: For eighty years she showed great agility at her favourite calling, her kids never doubted her amomability!
Etymology: A Mom (a female parent) & Ability (the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment;possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done)
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COMMENTS:
nice - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:13:00
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Comments:
We're celebrating Mothers Day with today's definition, and with a few words from the Bob Dylan song Lord Protect My Child:
Just to see him at play makes me smile
No matter what happens to me
No matter what my destiny
Lord, protect my child
Happy Mother's Day ~ James
Oh great, now I get to spend all day with mascara running down my face. I almost couldn't write anything. The lyrics to the song are so beautiful and all at once bathed me in memories of my mother, memories of the birth of my daughter and of the day I was blessed to be there for the birth of her son. Thank you, James.
It sounds like Bob has touched a chord. Thanks! ~ James