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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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Rebelationship
Created by: hyperborean
Pronunciation: re buhl LAY shun ship
Sentence: When I was a teenager, I had one rebelationship after another just to bug my father.
Etymology: rebel: to defy an authority + relationship: an association between two or more things
Gallfriend
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: gawl-FREND
Sentence: Kevin's gallfriend's parents thought he was tall, dark and loathsome and called him aboyminable, but that was nothing compared to how we thought of her. We dreaded her malaproposing and becoming his offiancé.
Etymology: gall (vex or irritate) + girlfriend
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COMMENTS:
Stick him on Broadway; he could be an aboyminable showman. - Clayton, 2007-06-22: 04:41:00
Or at the moulin rouge, he could be a gaulfriend - galwaywegian, 2007-06-22: 05:08:00
Who knows? He might even play Radio City Music Gall. - Clayton, 2007-06-22: 09:59:00
maybe he's a time lord from Gallifrey - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 12:11:00
He's not a friend of yours is he Gallwaywegian? - petaj, 2007-06-22: 22:37:00
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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
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]
Ungroom
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: un groom
Sentence: When Jessie defied her folks and married her caveman beau,Gronk, he became an ungroom to her father. Not only was Gronk unable to speak in big words, he unfortunately decorated the side of her father's garage with cave drawings. The new in-laws soon became outlaws to Jessie's dad.
Etymology: Un (negative;not prefix) & Groom (a man who is to be or has recently been married; care for one's external appearance)
Nonclandestined
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: non klan DESS tind
Sentence: They kept their relationship a secret for as long as possible because he knew his clan would never approve of her, nor hers of him. It was nonclandestined to be. Sure enough, word soon got out and he had to bid her a tearful goodbye. Later, his mother told him, "You need to stick with your own kind, Neanderthals, and not hook up with those Homo Sapiens girls. They look weird anyway with their little tiny split eyebrows."
Etymology: nonclandestine / clan / destined
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Nosila, 2010-01-15: 23:33:00
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Sponsparentaloathe
Created by: AlouattaPigra
Pronunciation: Spawns Pair Ent Ill Oh Thh
Sentence: She looked into him deeply. "You know they hate you. Like Sponsparentaloathely. Its sick too." Zjasmun's eyes flickering with lust. "But they're sponsparentaloathement just turns me on you know." Folungfo's throat made a deep gupling sound. 'Looks like I'm flavor of the week due to sponsparentaloathing."
Etymology: sponse - Meaning spouse, Parental - of,from parents, Loathe - to hate.
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
Annoyfriend
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: uh-noi-frend
Sentence: Jill's father just can't stand her current annoyfriend.
Etymology: annoy (to disturb or bother in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates) + boyfriend (a frequent or favorite male companion; beau)
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