Refers to the common but totally unproductive/destructive practice of a young child's parents and/or two or more older family members successively "delegating" or "passing the buck" from one family member to another when the youngster asks a difficult/uncomfortable question, rather than the initially-queried adult's simply saying, "I don't know" or, "That is not something you need to know just yet --- wait till you're a few years older to ask about that."
Small girl: Daddy, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Father (glancing up from his evening paper): Go ask your mother that question.
Small girl (toddling over to her mother, who is knitting by the fire): Mommy, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Mother (looking up from her knitting, surprised): You know --- that's a really excellent question... why don't you ask your father about that.
Small girl: Well, I already did --- Daddy told me to ask you.
Mother (exasperated): Oh --- well, then, I think maybe your Uncle John could help you answer that.
Small girl (going outside where her uncle is lounging on the porch swing): Uncle John, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Uncle John: Hummmm... lemme guess --- didja ask your parents about that, and they sent you to me?
Small girl: Yes, Uncle John --- Mommy said you'd be just the person to ask.
Uncle John: Ahhhh... givin' ya da ol' family-member run-around, are they?
Father (glancing up from his evening paper): Go ask your mother that question.
Small girl (toddling over to her mother, who is knitting by the fire): Mommy, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Mother (looking up from her knitting, surprised): You know --- that's a really excellent question... why don't you ask your father about that.
Small girl: Well, I already did --- Daddy told me to ask you.
Mother (exasperated): Oh --- well, then, I think maybe your Uncle John could help you answer that.
Small girl (going outside where her uncle is lounging on the porch swing): Uncle John, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Uncle John: Hummmm... lemme guess --- didja ask your parents about that, and they sent you to me?
Small girl: Yes, Uncle John --- Mommy said you'd be just the person to ask.
Uncle John: Ahhhh... givin' ya da ol' family-member run-around, are they?
by QuacksO October 27, 2016
Man: You can't be doing business here.
Thug: What? You a family man?
Man: Yeah, and we don't take kindly to punks encroaching on our turf.
Thug: What? You a family man?
Man: Yeah, and we don't take kindly to punks encroaching on our turf.
by Huubs January 18, 2021
Person 1: Are you addicted to perianal abscesses.
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: A Four By Four Blended Family Bubblegum Smack: The First Juvenile Release
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: A Four By Four Blended Family Bubblegum Smack: The First Juvenile Release
by LeSouffleDeVersailles January 27, 2025
An amazing place where we bully each other but in a nice way and Eli and Cloud are our parents.
It has a lot of history and chaotic people but we somehow grt along.
You can only be on it if you are one of Eli’s kids or married to him.
It has a lot of history and chaotic people but we somehow grt along.
You can only be on it if you are one of Eli’s kids or married to him.
Ali: “hey are you on the bootiful family group chat?”
Person: “no I’m-”
Ali: “ELI!”
Eli: “hello.”
Ali: “Eli, please kindly adopt this person.”
Eli: “alright. You’re my child now.”
Person: “oh- okay”
That person can now be on the bootiful family group chat. Hooray!
Person: “no I’m-”
Ali: “ELI!”
Eli: “hello.”
Ali: “Eli, please kindly adopt this person.”
Eli: “alright. You’re my child now.”
Person: “oh- okay”
That person can now be on the bootiful family group chat. Hooray!
by Eldritch Fridge January 02, 2023
An amazing place where we bully each other but in a nice way and Eli and Cloud are our parents.
It has a lot of history and chaotic people but we somehow grt along.
You can only be on it if you are one of Eli’s kids or married to him.
It has a lot of history and chaotic people but we somehow grt along.
You can only be on it if you are one of Eli’s kids or married to him.
Ali: “hey are you on the bootiful family group chat?”
Person: “no I’m-”
Ali: “ELI!”
Eli: “hello.”
Ali: “Eli, please kindly adopt this person.”
Eli: “alright. You’re my child now.”
Person: “oh- okay”
That person can now be on the bootiful family group chat. Hooray!
Person: “no I’m-”
Ali: “ELI!”
Eli: “hello.”
Ali: “Eli, please kindly adopt this person.”
Eli: “alright. You’re my child now.”
Person: “oh- okay”
That person can now be on the bootiful family group chat. Hooray!
by Eldritch Fridge January 02, 2023
by DontCare Cowboy June 25, 2011