Verboticism: Procregret

'You'd think they'd learn...'

DEFINITION: v. To be angry and disappointed (and secretly embarrassed) when your children grow up to make the same foolish mistakes that you did. n. The emotion parents feel when they see their children make the same mistakes they did.

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Procregret

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: pro-cree-gret

Sentence: When her son was arrested for sexually assaulting the school's goat mascot, Sue precregretted that drunken night sixteen years ago in the back of whats-his-name's car.

Etymology: procreate,regret

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