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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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Motherrender

Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: mothur - end - ur

Sentence: It was a supreme motherrender for Bitsy to let Marcus leave. She had sacrificed everything she had for his schooling and now he was moving half way across the continent.

Etymology: mother, surrender, render (To give up; yield; surrender)

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Nurturifice

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: NERT-shur-reh-fice

Sentence: Ma Maribel put aside her own wishes as she spent half a lifetime to nurturifice her children, only to watch dry eyed as the left the 'nest' to pursue their own interests.

Etymology: Blend of the words 'Nurture' (rearing, upbringing, training) and 'Sacrifice' (the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of something considered as having a higher or more pressing claim)

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Mombotomy

Created by: toadstool57

Pronunciation: mom-bot-oh-mee

Sentence: It took 4 years of college and not returning countless phone calls from her mom but Jill was finally able to perform a successful mombotomy.

Etymology: Mom, lobotomy

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Lifeprovisionist

Created by: guesser

Pronunciation: Life + pro + vision + ist

Sentence: Her journey consisted of being a lifeprovisonist , a choice she would make out of the love in her heart.

Etymology:

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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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Spawndios

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: spawn-dee-ohs

Sentence: Sending my son off to college was an emotional spawndios; almost as emotional as watching him miss the bus for the very first time... on the first day of school. (His stellar career as professional bus-misser commenced shortly thereafter.)

Etymology: spawn, adios (traditional Spanish goodbye)

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COMMENTS:

okay purple - "tit for tat" - spawndios navidad - spandios navidad - Prospero año y spandiosidad - Jabberwocky, 2007-05-11: 12:25:00

Oh dear. They're gonna think I'm a Looneytune when I start humming it 7 months before xmas. - purpleartichokes, 2007-05-11: 13:13:00

Like the connotation of "dios"- the Spanish for "god". Mary's getting everywhere today, or rather, my wild imagination has put her there... more pills, chief? - Bulletchewer, 2007-05-11: 16:46:00

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Philanmomthropy

Created by: Jocoman

Pronunciation: fill-an-mom-thra-pee

Sentence: Philanthropy is an important and generous thing, where a rich man gives something back to the community, but philanmomthropy is greater, because my mother gave me her everything without ever expecting a return.

Etymology: philanthropy + mom

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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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Imomolation

Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: eh-mawm-moh-lay-shen

Sentence: Her mother worked every chance she could to make enought money to send her to college, buy a house and car, and even a plane ticket out of the state. It was an imomolation of hardworking and love, sadly the daughter never said 'I love you' or even 'thank you'.

Etymology: Immolation (a sacrifice) + mom (mother)

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COMMENTS:

fantastic - iwasatripwire, 2007-05-11: 21:50:00

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Totsmartyr

Created by: heartnsoul

Pronunciation:

Sentence: She had always been devoted to their young son, but when Mark caught his wife writing Tommy’s HS book report, he realized his wife’s totsmartyr ways would never die. This mom was sure she always knew best.

Etymology: tot's + martyr OR tot + smarter / martyr

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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