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The Parental Scold

When you mess up as a kid and your parent says, "I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed" and somehow makes your mistake sound worse.
"I showed up drunk after a high school party once and got the Parental Scold from my dad. It felt worse than my hangover"
by The JBZ September 21, 2022
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parental technology mismatch

When you ask your parents for the latest PlayStation, but instead you get older, more obscure gaming console Commodore CDTV / Philips CD-i / Casio Loopy because your parents don't want to get addicted to video games. Same as when you ask your parents for the latest smartphone, but instead you get Texas Instrument calculator that has always been the same since 1995, a Jewish flip phone, an MP3 nugget, and a digital camcorder because your parents don't want to get addicted to smartphone.
When I asked my parents for the latest PlayStation, I ended up with a Commodore CDTV instead, highlighting the classic parental technology mismatch.
by Emotional Cruiser September 19, 2025
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Parent Friend

It is a gender nuteral term for Mom/Dad friend.

They are often the friend in the group who is the most responsible or like a parent. They might check in on the group the most and give advice and stop them from getting in trouble
"Jamie is such a parent friend, their always worrying about us getting in trouble"
by IceTea124 December 3, 2022
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parent

1- Father or mother.
2- Those who procreated other living beings.
by Sonyc September 22, 2023
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adoptive parent syndrome

Where a parent, intentionally or not, treats their nonbiological child, often an adopted one, more harshly or unfairly than their biological child.
"Why does she have to ask to eat when her sister does whenever?"
"Oh her dad has adoptive parent syndrome"
by learsi bottom June 5, 2020
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Parents

They know that this is happening. I'm going to have the conversation whether they me to or not. This isn't optional for them anymore. I don't care. This is beyond them "feeling bad."
Hym "I provide context for everything regarding my parents and none of that if untrue. This isn't an alright thing for them to abide. They are perfectly aware of what they need to do."
by Hym Iam April 10, 2023
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