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Definition of parental unit
parental unit 
noun
- a parent. Origin: from the "The Coneheads" sketches in the United States TV show Saturday Night Live.
I've got to call the parental units before they start worrying.
- See more words with the same meaning: parent.
Last edited on Mar 26 2013. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.
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Other terms relating to 'parent': | |
| Definitions include: affectionate term for one's grandmother. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "mom I'd fuck" - that is, an attractive older woman. | |
| Definitions include: "grandmother". | |
| Definitions include: the mother of one's baby. | |
| Definitions include: T-Jones is a slang term for mother or mom. | |
| Definitions include: a stereotypical suburban mother. | |
| Definitions include: a father who only sees his children on Sunday, by choice. | |
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| Definitions include: grandmother. | |
| Definitions include: one's spouse's family, e.g. mother-in-law, father-in-law, etc. | |
| Definitions include: a comeback used in an argument when one can't think of anything better to say. | |
| Definitions include: "grandmother". | |
| Definitions include: Mother, mom. | |
| Definitions include: "soda", "soft drink". | |
| Definitions include: "mother". | |
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Other terms relating to 'parent': | |
| Definitions include: an over-attentive parent. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "parents." | |
| Definitions include: an over-bearing parent of a child actor. | |
Other terms relating to 'unit': | |
| Definitions include: a woman who is married to a sailor and has sex with other sailors. she is a fleet support unit and she has the gift that keeps on giving (herpes). | |
| Definitions include: Gangsta Unit, G-unit is also the name of a rapper, 50 Cent often uses this term in his songs | |
| Definitions include: "stock-keeping unit". | |
| Definitions include: Term to define a person who is "just not right" primarily due to frequent and hard drug use in the past. | |
| Definitions include: Female. | |
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