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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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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
Dudumb
Created by: poello5
Pronunciation: dü-dümb
Sentence: Cj and Sean are dudumb people when they try to do grzeda's verbotomy word.
Etymology: DU- two
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
Mrrightoutofleftfield
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mis ter rite out of left feeld
Sentence: The big day to meet the parents had been set and Alice nervously brought her Mr. Right home. Her father Ned was very curious about the man who could capture his little princess' heart. Alice had been a straight A student, cheerleader, volunteer, model, singer, great cook, beauty queen and had earned a scholarship and got her Phd in Astrophysics. When they arrived at the door, Ned was unprepared for the unkempt, illiterate, grimy trogolodyte who Alice had driven over. His name was Albert Capone, he grunted in answer to her father's pointed questions and leered at Alice's Mom, Phyllis in an entirely inappropriate way, while necking with Alice. Mr Right turned out to be Mrrightoutofleftfield, a caring father's nightmare. Alice would hear no bad things about him from her Dad and thought he was being unfair. She finally saw the light, literally, when the FBI Helicopter spotlighted their home and many agents swarmed them arresting Al on the spot for multiple charges including income tax evasion. Ned has now taken charge of finding a suitable replacement for Albert. Afterall, Father knows best.
Etymology: Mr Right (The man who would be the perfect mate)& Out of Left Field (an unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field... a baseball reference)
Parentalignergabbering
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: parent/al/ig/ner/ga/bber/ing
Sentence: The day my family was to meet my love I begged my parents to have an open mind and no parentalignergabbering,Please I begged them...
Etymology: parental = a parent figure, igner = ignerant, ga = gap, bbering = blabbering = parentalignergabbering
Woowho
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: woōhoō
Sentence: When Richard met his daughter*s new suitor, all he could say was **woowho?** For the rest of the day he could be heard muttering **over my dead body**.
Etymology: woo (try to gain the love of someone) + who (what or which person or people) play off of woohoo, an expression of excitement
Unsuitorble
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: un-sue-tah-bull
Sentence: little did she know that Daryl would turn out to be unsuitorble
Etymology: suitor, unsuitable
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COMMENTS:
I thought he and john oats were an item. no wonder he was unsuitorble! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-22: 05:42:00
Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-22: 05:59:00
Got my vote! - remistram, 2007-06-22: 09:25:00
Should be number one. - Clayton, 2007-06-22: 09:55:00
excellent! - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 11:48:00
thanks... i verbpreciate the phrasepraise - rikboyee, 2007-06-23: 02:29:00
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Spousejoust
Created by: serendipity9000
Pronunciation: spows-jowst
Sentence: Helen carefully checked Hank's mowhawk before knocking on her parents' door. If they were going to spousejoust then she wanted her sweetheart to look his best.
Etymology: spouse + joust (a personal combat or competition)
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COMMENTS:
got my vote =-) - grasshopper, 2007-06-22: 11:26:00
Thanks grasshopper, glad you liked it! - serendipity9000, 2007-06-22: 13:21:00
Once the door opened did it turn into Stevenson0's wrestlemateia - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 16:40:00
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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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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