word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Mark A. Mandel
mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Sat Jan 21 18:10:26 UTC 2006
Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>vo' pIlaD...
"Ultraphiloprogenitiveness."
IMO that "ultra-" means 'extremely' but lacks the sense of 'excessively'.
How about "hyperphiloprogenitiveness" or "hyperphiloprogenitivity"?
m a m
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