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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.
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Compartnerble
Created by: Amenti
Pronunciation: com part ner bul
Sentence: Holly thinks her new boyfriend is "the one" but her father thinks they are not compartnerble.
Etymology: Compatible + Partner
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)
Romanticlate
Created by: myrrh
Pronunciation: (n;) row-MAN-tih-clut (v;) row-MAN-tih-clayt
Sentence: (n;) Jenny had found the perfect man, but he turned out to be a romanticlate. (v;) Robert and his parents screamed and romanticlated for hours that night.
Etymology: Partially derived from the word "romance;" barely any etymology otherwise.
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
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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Conalien
Created by: m1carren
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Her dad freaked out when he found out she was in love with a conalien.
Etymology: con: with Alien: of another
Mallector
Created by: folieadork2
Pronunciation: \mal-ek-tor\
Sentence: Her parents believed her choice of a partner was a mallector due to his poor manners and lack of dignified clothing.
Etymology: mal: bad; lect: to choose; -or: one who does
Nonpatrematrix
Created by: k3nbr33
Pronunciation: non|pä|tur|e|mä|tur|iks
Sentence: My parents thought that my recent girlfriend was disrespectful and negative towards me; they did not approve of her, and therefore she was a nonpatrematrix
Etymology: Non-: Not Patre-: Father Matr-: Mother -Trix: A woman
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