Why admonish your children when you can premonish them?
A word that must have been created for mothers all over the English-speaking world, “premonish” means “to warn beforehand.”
And, to make sure your progeny understands, you can use a related form of the word: “preadmonish.”
I think of mothers empowered to make their soapbox speeches with this wonderful word to bolster their important proclamations.
“I’m premonishing you, Susie: don’t forget to look both ways.”
“And before you even consider doing what I know you are planning, young man, let me preadmonish you that you will regret it if I ever find out about it.”
I’m feeling better now that I’ve done my duty with Dictionary.com’s word of the day: you can’t say that I left you unpremonished, even if you are not my children.
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