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Supposing you had to coin a word (the more absurd, inkhorn, and Latinate the better) to mean, "to meet with the death of one's father" (not a -cide word mind you, but death by any cause whatsoever) what would it be? I have been given such a term in Korean (a little known Sino-Korean verbositism) and, upon admitting that no equivalent word exists in English, challenged to "make one up".
Thanks for your help.
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I may as well start the ball rolling with paterexpiry.
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How about patrimortism? The thing to do is find a character in myth, legend, or literature, and coin a word therefrom: e.g., Oedipus complex, chauvinism. It might be an East-West thing. We have the aforementioned Oedipus, but also Kronos dispatching his father Ouranos, and subsequently be deposed by his son, Zeus (cf. Goya's painting of Saturn Eating His Son). In the Bible, we have Jacob supplanting his brother Esau by duping his father Isaac to bless him instead. Ah, well. I'm sure the others will come up with better suggestions. But, just one last inkhornish word: patrothanatoblepsism 'contemplation of the death of one's father'.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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thanatopsis can already be found, so why not patrothanatopsis.
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genitomortuaconvenition
I wanted to explore something without patri- and get the "meet" (convenire - to come together) into it. I could have gone for -convenience but that sounds awfully Soylent Green (Dad just wandered out on to the ice flow by himself. How genitomortuaconvenient!)
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Any of your dear dead fathers maybe asked you for his last wish to coin him an extra inkhorn word for the event?
Absurd indeed.And yes, I'm sorry.
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Thanks guys. The Korean word (by contrast with your fantastic and fantastical creations) is only two syllables, "wae-ghan", or five for the verb, "wae-ghan-ul ib-dah". 
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> to meet with the death of one's father
what does this mean? to meet with the death?
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> to meet with the death of one's father
what does this mean? to meet with the death? I suspect, "to be faced with."
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Thanks guys. The Korean word (by contrast with your fantastic and fantastical creations) is only two syllables, "wae-ghan", or five for the verb, "wae-ghan-ul ib-dah". Cool, Hydra! Do you actually speak Korean?
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> to meet with the death of one's father
what does this mean? to meet with the death? I suspect, "to be faced with." thanks. that makes more sense.
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Cool, Hydra! Do you actually speak Korean? I try, but it's more likely that I murder it. It's a lot of fun though.
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Cool, Hydra! Do you actually speak Korean? I try, but it's more likely that I murder it. It's a lot of fun though. so, it's like you meet with the death of the Korean language?
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I'm sure they have a word for it.
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so, it's like you meet with the death of the Korean language?
I'm sure they have a word for it. They do: Hydra!
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