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 26, 2016
Get the family-member run-aroundmug. The lack of any reading comprehension abilities. The inability to understand basic sentences/phrases. Exhibited primarily by members of the Mathematical Olympiads Discord Server (MODS).
“Hey do you have the solution to potd 420?”
“Oh you mean the dishes? Yeah I just washed them”
“What?”
“Oh sorry mods member syndrome. I read it wrong lol”
“Wait actually now reading your message again, I think ur right! That is a great solution!”
“Oh I see that you’re a fellow MODS member as well :)”
“Oh you mean the dishes? Yeah I just washed them”
“What?”
“Oh sorry mods member syndrome. I read it wrong lol”
“Wait actually now reading your message again, I think ur right! That is a great solution!”
“Oh I see that you’re a fellow MODS member as well :)”
by MODS_Librarian July 14, 2023
Get the mods member syndromemug. by fishonurbandictionary February 11, 2023
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by anonymous March 13, 2024
Get the sigma skibidi gang member bangermug. A status that allows someone to know about explicit details about another's life. To earn this status one must have sexual relations with that person.
by BiggestBoss715 October 11, 2023
Get the premium membermug. by Himchickenrich May 10, 2022
Get the Grumpy Membermug. December 18 is the time where the owner gets to bother and ban everybody he wants if he wants with no consequences
by Bruh steel December 17, 2020
Get the All members hellmug.