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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.
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Dysparamour
Created by: bwesterlind
Pronunciation: Diss-para-more
Sentence: n: Her dysparamour caused significant angst to the family. v: After they met him they had quite the dysparamour.
Etymology: Dys- Root of word meaning "Not" Paramour- Root as word meaning one who is a possible suitor.
Inmate
Created by: ohwtepph
Pronunciation: inn - mehyt
Sentence: Susan always ends up finding the wrong mate and the right inmate. His dad always says that the men she carries with him to her bedroom always appear to be imprisoned by the simplicities of the Stone Age: bulky, deformed and has bad dinner etiquette, which includes spearing the family dog and eating it.
Etymology: in- [prefix meaning not; inappropriate] + in-law + mate [husband/wife]
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
Partnerbarter
Created by: Rhyme79
Pronunciation: part-nuh-barr-tuh
Sentence: My parents met Ignatious for the first time yesterday. Upon shaking hands my Dad frowned and that's when we started to partnerbarter. Dad said he was too posh for me, but I told him that my Iggy only owns one island and he hardly ever goes there anyway.
Etymology: Partner - spouse, mate. Barter - bargain, negotiate.
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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Nightmate
Created by: cafisher
Pronunciation: just as it sounds
Sentence: Hubby and I were beyond distraught when our girl brought home a Hell's Angel for our approval. The man was our worst nightmate.
Etymology: nightmare just change the r to t
Boyfiend
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: bawee feend
Sentence: That first meal when she brought her boyfiend to meet her parents had not gone well. His chanting had drowned out grace before meals and his belching drowned out any attempt at polite conversation. When he used the crucifix on the mantlepiece to pick his teeth, she took her mothers dry retching and the thobbing in dad's temple as a signal that the evening had drawn to an end.
Etymology: boyfriend, fiend
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COMMENTS:
Talk about copulashun! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-22: 09:01:00
excellent paragraph - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 16:28:00
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Fiancney
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: fee/awns/nay
Sentence: Juliet went through one fiancney after another until she finally ran away with Romeonoway
Etymology: fiance + ney
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COMMENTS:
Romeonoway is great too! - purpleartichokes, 2007-06-22: 07:11:00
thanks Purple - slow day - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-22: 15:50:00
Oops--hadn't seen this in the list. Great minds think alike, eh? - mplsbohemian, 2007-06-22: 22:33:00
doo doo doo do - doo doo doo do - Jabberwocky, 2007-06-23: 00:49:00
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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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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