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DEFINITION: n. A chosen mating partner who is not well-accepted by one's parents. v. To fight with one's parents over the selection of a suitable mate.
Verboticisms
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Parentalhidence
Created by: jermainechambers44
Pronunciation: Pair-rent-tal-hide-dense
Sentence: Do to the parentalhidence that she experienced with her last boyfriend,Amy decided not to announce the wedding until AFTER her father finished cleaning the gun.
Etymology: Parental=Parent Hidence=hide
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COMMENTS:
excellent word and sentence...sorry I had already spent my votes...we need more than 2! - Nosila, 2010-01-15: 23:36:00
thank you nosia - jermainechambers44, 2010-01-18: 16:58:00
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Kinflict
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪnˌflɪkt/
Sentence: While kinflict is most often caused by a choice in significant other, it can also be caused by other lifestyle choices, such as becoming a vegan, converting to Judaism, or switching to Mac from PC.
Etymology: From kin + conflict
Inmate
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: inn - mehyt
Sentence: Susan always ends up finding the wrong mate and the right inmate. His dad always says that the men she carries with him to her bedroom always appear to be imprisoned by the simplicities of the Stone Age: bulky, deformed and has bad dinner etiquette, which includes spearing the family dog and eating it.
Etymology: in- [prefix meaning not; inappropriate] + in-law + mate [husband/wife]
Boyfiend
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bawee feend
Sentence: That first meal when she brought her boyfiend to meet her parents had not gone well. His chanting had drowned out grace before meals and his belching drowned out any attempt at polite conversation. When he used the crucifix on the mantlepiece to pick his teeth, she took her mothers dry retching and the thobbing in dad's temple as a signal that the evening had drawn to an end.
Etymology: boyfriend, fiend
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COMMENTS:
Talk about copulashun! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-22: 09:01:00
excellent paragraph - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 16:28:00
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Unsuitorble
Created by: Discoveria
Pronunciation: un-SOO-tur-bull
Sentence: Rhys's poor hygiene standards and general gormlessness made him an unsuitorble, according to Phoebe's parents.
Etymology: unsuitable (not fit for purpose) + suitor (potential mate)
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COMMENTS:
Perfect! You've got my vote. - hyperborean, 2012-10-18: 12:23:00
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Matusrejecticus
Created by: texmom
Pronunciation: may tus re ject icuss
Sentence: My dad performed matusrejecticus and threw my boyfriend out the door.
Etymology: mate - match reject - throw out
Parentrepidation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: pair-en-trep-eh-DAY-shun
Sentence: Because of the lack of social skills and obvious lack of education of her boyfriend Burno, Melinda's parents both had severe cases of parentrepidation, and were sending signals to Melinda that it was time to send Bruno packing.
Etymology: Blend of the word 'Parent' and 'Trepidation' (n. nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation)
Worsecase
Created by: hellohime
Pronunciation: Worsecase - Wurz-Kayce
Sentence: 1)He's not my boyfriend, he's my worsecase. 2)I worsecasted my parents last night. They screamed at me for an hour. 3)If it was not for my worsecase, my parents would hate the man I eventually married.
Etymology: Worsecase: From "Worse case Scenario. The act of dating a person your parents will absolutely hate so that when you introduce them to your real partner, they will look better in comparison. Without the Worsecase, the parents might object to the now not-so-objectional person you are actually dating.
Romeohno
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: romee o no
Sentence: When Juliet brought her fiance home to meet the folks, her father called him Romeohno. Her parent's hostility just increased her determination to marry her true love. When asked why she wanted to spite her folks, she answered quite simply, "Forsooth,I love him and when we wed, I have the chance to change my name from Juliet Capulet. If my parents had really loved me, verily they would not have picked such a rhyming name to torture me!"
Etymology: Romeo (ardent male lover in Shakespeare play Romeo & Juliet, who was the son of the Montague Family, feuding enemies of Juliet's Capulet Family)& Oh No (a term to describe fear or regret...and used by Mr.Bill on the old SNL skits, just before something awful happened)
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COMMENTS:
:-) - CharlieB, 2011-05-27: 09:04:00
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Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal trilogy, Hominids, Humans and Hybrids. (We couldn't go through the whole RJS week without mentioning Neanderthals!) It's a story of two parallel worlds -- a human one and a Neanderthal one. The story pivots around the romantic tension between a female human and male Neanderthal. How about that for spicing up the gene pool? And I wonder what their parents would think? Thanks to Rob for the great story, and the inspiration. ~ James