DEFINITION: n., Cautionary advice provided by parents to their children, often makes no logical sense but carries enough emotional weight to affect the child’s behavior. v. To warn of danger through the judicious use of exaggeration.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Nitpeck: /nit – ‘pek/ Henny Penny was always nitpecking her child repeatedly to the point of his premature hair loss! Etymology: from nitpick (pedantic,scrupulous( but more annoying when pecked with a sharp beak or tongue) Created by: DrWebsterIII.
Comments on Nitpeck:
Nosila, 2012-10-31: 01:56:00
Pullet-ically correct word!
Scarefication: /skair-uh-fi-key-shuhn/ Mother hen believes in the use of scarefication to keep her chicks in line. A little lie here, an exaggeration there, all pecked into their little psyches until they are afraid to do anything wrong. Etymology: scare (to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm) Scarification (scratching, etching, burning/branding, or superficially cutting designs, pictures, or words into the skin as a permanent body modification) Created by: artr.
Poultrygeist: /pol tree guyst/ Chickenita Bantama had a hard time persuading her youngest chick,Henny Youngman, to eat his feed. She finally had to resort to scare tactics and told him the tale of the poultrygeist. It was a scary ghost chicken that came after little chicks that did not eat up their supper. It worked for her, even if some thought it was fowl play…Happy Halloween! Etymology: Poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird) & Poltergeist (a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder)
Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Poultrygeist:
DrWebsterIII, 2012-10-31: 11:24:00
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Parentrauma: /PAIR-ehn-trah-mah/ Though her intentions were good the cautionary advice she gave her kiddies was always extreme and always created excessive parentrauma in their little minds and hearts. Etymology: Blend of the words ‘parent’ and ‘trauma’ (an experience that produces psychological injury or pain) Created by: Mustang.
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