1. A parent whose child has died. Unlike ‘widow’ (spouse) or ‘orphan’ (child), English has no word for this loss. ‘Parorphan’ fills the gap: a parent orphaned of their child.
2. By extension, a parent whose child is alive but permanently estranged, absent, or lost to them in life.
2. By extension, a parent whose child is alive but permanently estranged, absent, or lost to them in life.
• After her son’s accident, she became a parorphan.
• He calls himself a parorphan — his daughter still walks the earth, but not with him.
Origin: From parens (Latin, “parent”) + orphanós (Greek, “bereft”). Coined 2025.
• He calls himself a parorphan — his daughter still walks the earth, but not with him.
Origin: From parens (Latin, “parent”) + orphanós (Greek, “bereft”). Coined 2025.
by Shlomo Toren August 21, 2025
Get the Parorphanmug. Tranced (adj.)
/ˈtrænst/
1. The opposite of woke.
2. State of being awake in body but hypnotized in mind; walking, talking, voting, and chanting under the spell of a leader, ideology, or grievance.
3. Most commonly: the condition of Trump’s cult followers, who believe lies as if they were gospel and mistake trance for freedom.
/ˈtrænst/
1. The opposite of woke.
2. State of being awake in body but hypnotized in mind; walking, talking, voting, and chanting under the spell of a leader, ideology, or grievance.
3. Most commonly: the condition of Trump’s cult followers, who believe lies as if they were gospel and mistake trance for freedom.
Usage:
• “They’re not conservatives anymore, they’re tranced.”
• “That rally looked less like politics and more like a tranced revival.”
Slogan:
Woke means awake. Tranced means spellbound.
• “They’re not conservatives anymore, they’re tranced.”
• “That rally looked less like politics and more like a tranced revival.”
Slogan:
Woke means awake. Tranced means spellbound.
by Shlomo Toren August 26, 2025
Get the Trancedmug.