Monday, April 20, 2020

DEFINITIONS VI

1. LULLACRY
    The dramatic pause between a child's sustaining an injury and beginning to wail

2. IMPOLERT
    A child's indiscreet call of attention in public to a stranger's physical abnormality (e.g. Hey, look! He's only got one leg!")

3. DROPPLER EFFECT
    The prolonged, uneasy feeling parents experience when watching their toddler walk across the kitchen carrying a full glass of orange juice

4. WISHJACK
    When your child blows out the candles on another child's birthday cake
    
Credit:
Eric Ruhalter from The Kid Dictionary

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