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Cursive Discourse
A mother is a delicate soul, who always wears a perfect coif, keeps her cool at all times, bakes cookies every afternoon, and never, ever lets an imperfect word slip from her lips.
Which is why her children have perfect vocabularies that absolutely do not include anything that you wouldn’t want the neighbors to hear.
NOT.
Even if [...]
Mommenfreude (Sunday Rehash)
Mommenfreude is the feeling of satisfaction that nosy mothers get when other mothers screw up.
Personally, I think this word should be nominated for “word of the year” (Remember Stephen Colbert and “truthiness”?).
Mommenfreude
The hysterically sarcastic woman who blogs at A Lawyer Mom’s Musings coined a new word in her latest post. Mommenfreude is the feeling of satisfaction that nosy mothers get when other mothers screw up.
Personally, I think this word should be nominated for “word of the year” (Remember Stephen Colbert and “truthiness”?).
We all know these women. [...]
