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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.
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Mamalore
Created by: thebaron
Pronunciation: ma-ma-lore
Sentence: Whenever we ate oranges and swallowed the seeds, Aunt Janet would spurt out some mamalore, saying that oranges trees would grow in our stomachs.
Etymology: mama (mother) lore (length/myth)
Chickshtick
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: chik - shtik
Sentence: Samancluck warned her little one to not peep too loud or her eyes would bug out.... It was just more of her chickshtick, designed to get her little one to behave.
Etymology: Chick (baby chicken) + Schtick (gimmick)
Pambea
Created by: ericsimmons39
Pronunciation: Pam-bee-a
Sentence: Mom and Dad keep telling me to eat my vegetables or I'll turn into a license plate. I'm so sick of all their pambea!
Etymology: Parental+ Advice+ Meaningless+ But+ Emotionally+ Affecting
Limabeanery
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Just eat it kid.
Sentence: My mom's limabeanery had become so overwhelming that I had to move out of the ouse because I ran with the flippin' scissors.
Etymology: Lima Beans + Your Mom + My irrational fear
Motherfunker
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: muhth/er/fuhngk/er
Sentence: His mom was a motherfunker. Being a motherfunker is a fast, easy way to get the behaviour expected. Unfortunately, when children are brought up with a motherfunker, when they are older, they do not trust anything their mom tells them.
Etymology: MOTHERFUNKER - from MOTHER + FUNK ( to frighten; state of great fright, or terror)
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COMMENTS:
And I'll bet she was a "bad motherfunker," "Shutcho mouth!" :) - lumina, 2008-08-29: 15:27:00
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Mombombs
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: mom-bomz
Sentence: She had tried chiding. She had tried guilt. Finally Mom went to the scarsenal and started lobbing mombombs. Scientists aren't sure how deep the psychological scars go but, like a black hole, the light of logic rarely escapes from this abyss.
Etymology: Mom (noun: informal, one's mother) + bomb (noun: incendiary material or other destructive substance)
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COMMENTS:
Fire in the hole! - metrohumanx, 2008-08-29: 06:05:00
We usually hid for cover up in the Dadic. - lumina, 2008-08-29: 15:38:00
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Propagationganda
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: prop-uh-GEY-shuhn-gan-da
Sentence: Despite all of my mother's propagationganda my eyes never did "stick that way".
Etymology: Propagation:to breed + (propa)ganda : to disseminate information (or rumors)
Malaproscription
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /ˈmæləpro(ʊ)ˌskɹɪpʃən/
Sentence: Most new parents promise themselves that they'll always be open and honest with their children, but each time they are asked "Why not?", the probability of the birth of a new malaproscription increases.
Etymology: from malapropism + proscription
Dadvice
Created by: dwight
Pronunciation: dad-vice
Sentence: "The dadvice was smokin' yesterday when he found out I had unprotected sex with my English teacher."
Etymology: Dad and advice
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COMMENTS:
Oooh, catchy! Very good! - vixphilia, 2007-09-28: 16:56:00
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Parentrauma
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: PAIR-ehn-trah-mah
Sentence: 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)
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by remistram. Thank you remistram. ~ James