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DEFINITION: n. A chosen mating partner who is not well-accepted by one's parents. v. To fight with one's parents over the selection of a suitable mate.
Verboticisms
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Fiancenay
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: fee-ahns-NAY
Sentence: Alex found himself yet again a fiancenay--why was it his fault that Jenny's father deplored fauxhawks?
Etymology: fiancé + nay
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COMMENTS:
liked it very much - texmom, 2007-06-23: 23:39:00
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Prohibmate
Created by: oliviabrown
Pronunciation: pr/ō/hibm/ā/te
Sentence: My dad prohibmated me from seeing Bob anymore.
Etymology: prohib- prohibit, mate- mate
Mrrightoutofleftfield
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: mis ter rite out of left feeld
Sentence: The big day to meet the parents had been set and Alice nervously brought her Mr. Right home. Her father Ned was very curious about the man who could capture his little princess' heart. Alice had been a straight A student, cheerleader, volunteer, model, singer, great cook, beauty queen and had earned a scholarship and got her Phd in Astrophysics. When they arrived at the door, Ned was unprepared for the unkempt, illiterate, grimy trogolodyte who Alice had driven over. His name was Albert Capone, he grunted in answer to her father's pointed questions and leered at Alice's Mom, Phyllis in an entirely inappropriate way, while necking with Alice. Mr Right turned out to be Mrrightoutofleftfield, a caring father's nightmare. Alice would hear no bad things about him from her Dad and thought he was being unfair. She finally saw the light, literally, when the FBI Helicopter spotlighted their home and many agents swarmed them arresting Al on the spot for multiple charges including income tax evasion. Ned has now taken charge of finding a suitable replacement for Albert. Afterall, Father knows best.
Etymology: Mr Right (The man who would be the perfect mate)& Out of Left Field (an unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field... a baseball reference)
Nonclandestined
Created by: karenanne
Pronunciation: non klan DESS tind
Sentence: They kept their relationship a secret for as long as possible because he knew his clan would never approve of her, nor hers of him. It was nonclandestined to be. Sure enough, word soon got out and he had to bid her a tearful goodbye. Later, his mother told him, "You need to stick with your own kind, Neanderthals, and not hook up with those Homo Sapiens girls. They look weird anyway with their little tiny split eyebrows."
Etymology: nonclandestine / clan / destined
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Nosila, 2010-01-15: 23:33:00
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Parentalignergabbering
Created by: grasshopper
Pronunciation: parent/al/ig/ner/ga/bber/ing
Sentence: The day my family was to meet my love I begged my parents to have an open mind and no parentalignergabbering,Please I begged them...
Etymology: parental = a parent figure, igner = ignerant, ga = gap, bbering = blabbering = parentalignergabbering
Parentalhidence
Created by: jermainechambers44
Pronunciation: Pair-rent-tal-hide-dense
Sentence: Do to the parentalhidence that she experienced with her last boyfriend,Amy decided not to announce the wedding until AFTER her father finished cleaning the gun.
Etymology: Parental=Parent Hidence=hide
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COMMENTS:
excellent word and sentence...sorry I had already spent my votes...we need more than 2! - Nosila, 2010-01-15: 23:36:00
thank you nosia - jermainechambers44, 2010-01-18: 16:58:00
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Unsuitorble
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: un-sue-tah-bull
Sentence: little did she know that Daryl would turn out to be unsuitorble
Etymology: suitor, unsuitable
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COMMENTS:
I thought he and john oats were an item. no wonder he was unsuitorble! - galwaywegian, 2007-06-22: 05:42:00
Great word! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-22: 05:59:00
Got my vote! - remistram, 2007-06-22: 09:25:00
Should be number one. - Clayton, 2007-06-22: 09:55:00
excellent! - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 11:48:00
thanks... i verbpreciate the phrasepraise - rikboyee, 2007-06-23: 02:29:00
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Ohboyfriend
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: O-boi-frend
Sentence: In order to horrify her parents, Gina began bringing home a string of ohboyfriends. The latest sported a matching kilt and mohawk.
Etymology: oh boy! + boyfriend
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COMMENTS:
where art thou...LOL - grasshopper, 2007-06-22: 11:24:00
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Ungroom
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: un groom
Sentence: When Jessie defied her folks and married her caveman beau,Gronk, he became an ungroom to her father. Not only was Gronk unable to speak in big words, he unfortunately decorated the side of her father's garage with cave drawings. The new in-laws soon became outlaws to Jessie's dad.
Etymology: Un (negative;not prefix) & Groom (a man who is to be or has recently been married; care for one's external appearance)
Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal trilogy, Hominids, Humans and Hybrids. (We couldn't go through the whole RJS week without mentioning Neanderthals!) It's a story of two parallel worlds -- a human one and a Neanderthal one. The story pivots around the romantic tension between a female human and male Neanderthal. How about that for spicing up the gene pool? And I wonder what their parents would think? Thanks to Rob for the great story, and the inspiration. ~ James