Mamakaze, Peequel, Stayhomophobia

It's been a while since we checked-in with Eric Ruhalter, the "lexiconnoisseur" from Morris Plains and author of "The KidDictionary: A Book Of Words Parents Need But Don't Have," and its sequel. Ruhalter invents words for previously-unnamed parenting situations and his recent tweets have been full of hilarious creations:

1. If you're hanging on by your fingernails for the day your little darlings go back to school, you're suffering from STAYHOMOPHOBIA, the fear of having your kids home for the long summer.
2. If the end of summer doesn't come in time, you might go over the edge and become a MAMIKAZE, a mom whose kids have pushed her to the brink of insanity.
3. If your child's summer is filled with slumber parties and campouts, you'll need to know about SLUMBURN, the cranky, irritable condition that occurs the day after staying-up way past bedtime.
4. If your kids have asked you twenty times today whether you'll take them to the beach, you are being HARRASKED. That's the tactic used by children who ask the same question over and over again with hopes that the answer will change from no to yes.
5. If you've just left the rest rooms at Exit 6 and your child announces that he has to stop again at Exit 7, that's what's called a PEEQUEL.

Thanks for the laughs, Eric.