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Parentism 

Somebody who has had or still having their parents run their entire life and they don't know any better. Their parents make every decision for them and influence them in ways you can't imagine.
-Pippen was gonna come to Florida with us but his parents said it might be a bad idea because Florida is far and God forbid something goes wrong, who will he have down there. Pippen suffers from the psychological disorder Parentism.

-Pippen always has a crisp $100 bill folded up in a secret pocket in his wallet for emergencies. His mom and dad taught him that.

-When Mike Langs friends ask him to come out, he always says he's busy. He wants to appear that he has a lot of stuff going on in his life so he don't look like a loser, but his friends know otherwise.
Parentism by Wakafaluka August 24, 2010

parentrition 

the inevitable attrition of parental strictness enjoyed by the youngest children in large families.
"They spanked their first child; they gave time-outs to their second child; they negotiated with their third child; most of the time, they have no idea where their fourth child is--it's a textbook case of parentrition."
parentrition by Nerdzar June 16, 2012

Parentism 

To discriminate against a parent; the act of presuming a parental response without foundation for said presumption; the conduct of being biased againt a parental figure
Patricia's biased opinion of her father is an unfair example of parentism.
Parentism by Don Mcgrec June 20, 2016

PARENTRIARCH 

A "parentriarch" is a single parent who is successfully assimilating four roles as a parent; patriarch, father, matriarch, mother.
Ryan is such a parentriarch throwing the end of year party after coaching his daughter's team with his demanding career!
PARENTRIARCH by sophiargrande February 10, 2013

pretrumpian 

The age before Donald Trump when the earth had a habitable environment and a free press
Me: What is a polar ice cap?
Him: In Pretrumpian times, before the EPA was abolished we had frozen areas on the north and south poles which helped cool the planet
pretrumpian by stuartc1 February 17, 2017

parenthsmilies

while typing a message to someone, to include information between two smilies, each with the mouth facing a different direction
brenda: mike said he'll go on a date with me (: and maybe come over after :) next tuesday

erin: nice use of parenthsmilies girl! it adds to the effect of that big news
parenthsmilies by mike hunt96 December 29, 2009
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piddlefart

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piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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square grouper

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"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
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A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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The phenomenon where adults salivate at children's toys
Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
kidulting by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025
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