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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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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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Umbilicallingcard
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: um/bill/i/call/ing/card
Sentence: No matter where you may be or what you may be doing you have a lifelong umbilicallingcard with your mother. If not for you, Babe, I couldn't find the door, Couldn't even see the floor, I'd be sad and blue, If not for you.
Etymology: umbilical + calling card
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COMMENTS:
real charm to umbilicallingcard! - splendiction, 2009-05-08: 23:07:00
Cute...I feel so attached. Cord-On Blue! - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 23:19:00
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Mombarrasment
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: mom-barr-rass-mint
Sentence: She's a bit of a mombarrassment when she smothers Doug because he always complains afterwards.
Etymology: mom + embarrassment
Motherbucker
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: muhth-er-buhk-er
Sentence: Tim's mom treats him like he's still two years old despite his stint in the Marines and his job as a cop. As she nuzzles up to him and calls him her "Pookie Wookie" he becomes a motherbucker.
Etymology: mother (a female parent) + bucker (to resist or oppose obstinately)
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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Pedopathy
Created by: Krixwell
Pronunciation: peh doh path y
Sentence: Ellen loved her son more than anything else. Her pedopathy was strong; she was a true pedopath.
Etymology: pedo (child); pathos (emotion)
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)
Wombance
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: woom-ans
Sentence: Sarah was jealous of her husband's wombance with his mother until she had her first child. Then she understood.
Etymology: womb (uterus) + romance (a love affair)
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COMMENTS:
reminds me of Van Morrison's Moondance; Well, its a marvelous night for a wombance - Jabberwocky, 2009-05-08: 13:20:00
Wombance - is that when wombats feel romance?? - Nosila, 2009-05-08: 23:23:00
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Dylanquerncy
Created by: dochanne
Pronunciation: Dill-an-kwern-see
Sentence: Cameron bristled every time his mother's dylanquerncy surfaced, it reminded him of where he once begun, she would 'always be emotionally yours', even when he was unraveling wherever he's traveling, even to foreign shores. Despite his behaviour or her neediness, boy, mama was on his mind!
Etymology: Dylan - rocks; delinquency - objectionable behaviour usu of youth and emotionally laden; maternity/paternity - parentage; infancy - period of immaturity and neediness.
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