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'My mother is a washing machine'

DEFINITION: n. The sacrifice a mother makes when she gives everything to her children, including life itself, and then simply lets them go. v. To give someone everything and then watch them walk away.

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Stuckrifice

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: - this has been censored and noboody has been insulted ... the original was a simple freefice aka funkrifice... whatever... i love verbootoomy ;! phaque + a short form of "rice fiction" aka "rifi" + ce like in ice.

Sentence: Stupid by DEFINITION. Giving life is a gift. Kids just go, even if you don't let them - so it's not something the mother does.

Etymology: Stuckrifice = Stuck + Sacrifice. - censored - the irieginal funkrifice - If you start funkrificing for real, the only thing you sacrifice is your irresponsibility. Peace.

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COMMENTS:

I agree that the definition is stupid and I hope nobody tries to censor this. Gets a vote for the *#!% of it! - Bulletchewer, 2007-05-11: 11:55:00

Verbotomy Hey jonobo and Bulletchewer -- Seems like you guys have some issues! So I put your definition and comments into the washing machine to clean it up a little. You can complain about the definition if you want, but please don't insult people. Thanks. ~ James - Verbotomy, 2007-05-11: 13:39:00

No Problem with keeping verbottomy clean ;) Those thoughtcrimes just come out of my brain - i don't know why i do that all times. Whatever - i'm happy. Butt the Definition still schmucks - actually - the definition was more spinsulting than reeeeeee-wind-sponse-bob-hemp-pants-grand-pa''nts-party-show. peace, over and spinside out. - jonobo, 2007-05-11: 22:30:00

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Pansacrifigo

Created by: duchessella

Pronunciation: pan-SA-cri-fi-go

Sentence: Lily Potter, mother of Harry Potter, is the prodigo of pansacrifigo. (prodigo of pansacrifigo... it sounds NICE!)

Etymology: Pan (all) + sacrifice + go And it sounds very Spanish!

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Emomcipate

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: i/mom/suh/-peyt

Sentence: After nine months of eating all the right foods,countless nights of discomfort and no drugs , or alcohol, she was ready to emomcipate her child.

Etymology: mom + emancipate

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Gestashun

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: jest/ay/shun

Sentence: She enjoyed the pregnancy but loved the gestashun more - fortunately she had a stay at home husband.

Etymology: gestation + shun

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Emomcipate

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: e/mom/suh/-peyt

Sentence: After nine months of eating all the right foods,countless nights of discomfort and no drugs , or alcohol, she was ready to emomcipate her child.

Etymology: mom + emancipate

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COMMENTS:

whipspeak my favorite so far... - whipspeak, 2009-11-27: 10:28:00

good one - Nosila, 2009-11-29: 11:58:00

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Sacriglect

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: sack-ree-glect

Sentence: Julie tended to sacriglect for her child in that she would give all that she could and then give up before the end.

Etymology: sacrifice + neglect

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Kidtropia

Created by: ldikarev

Pronunciation: kid-tro-pia

Sentence: As summer went on she felt kidtropia looking at her garden from the wheelchair. True feeling of kidtropia enveloped him as he watched his spaceship leap into the unknown time and space.

Etymology: kid, kids. - atrophia (in this case 'self' is atrophied in order to make room for needs of the child)

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Momification

Created by: KatMitschke

Pronunciation:

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Mudderlode

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: mudd/ur/lode

Sentence: Breastfeeding five children over a span of eighteen years demonstates a mudderlode of motherly love.

Etymology: mother lode + udder

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Matrisacrifract

Created by: mplsbohemian

Pronunciation: matt-rih-SACK-rih-fract

Sentence: Though she meant well, Alex was glad when his mother reached the point of matrisacrifract.

Etymology: matri- + sacrif(ice) + fract(ure) [a sacrifice followed by a break]. And, c'mon, it's just fun to say. :)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-11: 04:01:00
Today's definition was inspired by Cory Doctorow's novel Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, which is a story about a guy who's mother is literally a washing machine. It's a great read! And since this weekend is Mother's Day, it seems like the perfect fit! I was also thinking about "After the Siege" in Overclocked, where a mother pushes herself beyond exhaustion trying to save her child - the sacrifice. And purpleartichokes inadvertently suggested the mother idea with her comments on the younger degeneration. Thank you Cory and purpleartichokes! ~ James

ErWenn - 2007-05-11: 09:39:00
I noticed that many verbotomists focussed on the "letting go" part of the definition as the key, while others treated it as just one small part of the maternal sacrifice. I'm sure it says something about our personalities, but I'm not sure what.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-11: 03:23:00
We have posted The Petaj Splinterview on the Verbotomy Blog. ~ James

Bulletchewer - 2007-05-11: 16:55:00
I "have issues" because I advocate free speech as opposed to miserable hypocrisy of censorship? HUSH

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-11: 17:17:00
Hey Bulletchewer, I replaced four letters in your message with non-alphanumeric symbols. Did that make you unhappy? ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-11: 18:59:00
Hey ErWenn, I agree with you. The words and language we choose to use do indeed reflect our personalities. And with a definition like today's, there are many different viewpoints, so it gets complicated... I guess that's why they have Freudian psychiatrists. ~ James

Bulletchewer - 2007-05-11: 19:18:00
It made me THE most $@*#ing miserable crybaby in the whole world! Just kidding.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-11: 20:20:00
Me too. But that's okay, it's a game ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-11: 20:21:00
Anyways, in many parts of the world, this Sunday is Mother's Day, so I would like to remind all our verbotomists to take appropriate action (e.g. buy flowers). And to all our verbotomists who happen to be mothers, I would like to say thank you. Thank you for your wonderful creativity. ~ James

ohwtepph ohwtepph - 2007-05-11: 20:53:00
*gasp* I am so honored. Petaj used my word TWICE!!! in his splinterview. Now, I can die peacefully.

Clayton - 2007-05-12: 17:21:00
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the highest scoring words often do not reflect the part of speech suggested by the definition? Occasionally, this can be somewhat difficult to determine from a given description, but "the sacrifice a mother makes" clearly indicates that this word is meant to be a noun. Just nitpicking.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-05-12: 23:53:00
Hey Clayton, I have made a blog posting about this question. See: Parts of Speech and Verbotomy. It will be very interesting to hear what ErWenn has to say about this issue, since he also asked similar questions. ~ James

petaj petaj - 2007-05-13: 00:47:00
Clearly I should have mentioned that ohwtepph can also be relied on for coming up with not only amusing words, but very useful additions to everyday language.

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-27: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by doctorow. Thank you doctorow. ~ James