A parent who has lost a child.
Origin: a morphed conjugate of the gender neutralized prefix for parentage "Atri-" (from Patri- or Matri-), and the word orphan, which comes from the Latin word Orbus meaning "deprived of a parent or child."
See also: widow
Origin: a morphed conjugate of the gender neutralized prefix for parentage "Atri-" (from Patri- or Matri-), and the word orphan, which comes from the Latin word Orbus meaning "deprived of a parent or child."
See also: widow
Person: are you a parent?
Atrophan: I used to be, now I'm an atrophan :(
Person: oh man I'm sorry, how did they die?
Atrophan: paragliding accident.
Atrophan: I used to be, now I'm an atrophan :(
Person: oh man I'm sorry, how did they die?
Atrophan: paragliding accident.
by jollyadamroger October 6, 2015