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DEFINITION: v., To enthusiastically congratulate a woman on her pending motherhood, only to be told that you are mistaken. n., The dashed expectations and pregnant silence that follows mistaken congratulations.
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Preculate
Created by: hendrixius
Pronunciation: /prek-u-late/
Sentence: Darren was sweating bullets after he incorrectly preculated that the young woman on the train was great with child.
Etymology: pregnant + speculate
Embarazadsume
Created by: Niktionary
Pronunciation: em-bare-a-sad-soom
Sentence: "Dude, where did you get that shiner?" "I was at Taco Bell and the woman before me ordered two dinners and....." "Man! I told you you were gonna decked if you kept embarazadsuming." "I know, I know."
Etymology: embarazada- Spanish word for pregnant+ embarresed+ assume
Fauxpaunch
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: Foe - ponch
Sentence: Royston made a serious fauxpaunch when he mistook the bosses wifes recent weight gain for pregnancy.
Etymology: Faux = false, Paunch = protuding belly.....a play on 'faux pas'
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COMMENTS:
great word - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-13: 14:17:00
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Blimpstaken
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Blimp ms taken
Sentence: Blimpstaken for the fifth time today, Tom pondered why circumstances, (he preferred to accuse Lady Destiny) thrust him towards lactating females who were not in fact lactating. He then wondered if his constant blimpstakes was his psyche trying to tell him something... he looked at his wife, shuddered, and turned over. Thank God for birth control! The next morning his wife was to exclaim that she was pregnant, and when confronted by an agonized Tom she admitted she had been off the pill for months, that she was tired of people coming up to her with congratulations for an non-existent pregnancy. "To say 'yes, thank you very much' for once, Tom! How wonderful that would make me feel!"
Etymology: Blimp (bloated) & mistaken (in error)
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COMMENTS:
poor baby!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 13:01:00
Inspired ! Bravo! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 23:49:00
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Jestashun
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: jes/tay/shu
Sentence: Phil experienced total jestashun after he incorrectly speculated that he could feel the baby kick against the palms of his hands. After a pregnant pause he was told that it was just gas.
Etymology: jest + shun + gestation
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COMMENTS:
Hilarious diagnosis, Doctor J ! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:05:00
Good! - TJayzz, 2008-11-04: 14:36:00
Very clever! - Mustang, 2008-11-04: 17:44:00
terrific word!! - libertybelle, 2008-11-05: 09:45:00
Very clever combination - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:44:00
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Fetalerror
Created by: MrDave2176
Pronunciation: fee-tal-ERR-or
Sentence: Mark knew he had made a fetalerror at the party when he congratulated Karen on her pregnancy. Karen coldly informed him that the celebration was for having lost five pounds that month with her Weight Watcher's group.
Etymology: Fatal error + Fetal
Notsobirthingfat
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: nawt-soe-ber-thing-fat
Sentence: He toasted her new motherhood only to find a black eye and some serious notsobirthingfat.
Etymology: not + so + birth:reproduction + fat:obesity
Mistorken
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mis-stork-en
Sentence: Zak was totally mistorken when he asked Angela when the baby was due. He realised his mistake when he saw the look of horror on her husband's face and noticed the stoney silence that followed, and knew that she had just eaten too many pies.
Etymology: Mistaken(incorrect,an error) + Stork(a long-legged bird associated with pregnancy and birth) = Mistorken
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COMMENTS:
Verrrrry clever, Big M! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:07:00
BIG Mistork! Humble pies for ZAK! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:11:00
heh - galwaywegian, 2008-11-04: 09:22:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 10:33:00
i love it!! - libertybelle, 2008-11-05: 09:46:00
terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:43:00
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Pregnut
Created by: biffbig1
Pronunciation: preg+nut
Sentence: Since my girlfriend had a baby I have been a complete pregnut - I see pregnant women everywhere!!
Etymology: pregnant and nut - like crazy
Infatcurate
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: in-FAT-kyur-at
Sentence: Bob's guess that Diane was pregnant was infatcurate.
Etymology: inaccurate + fat
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang Thank you Mustang ~ James
silveryaspen - 2007-12-13: 14:19:00
very nice play on words ... but the meaning could be mistaken for a man's padded belly while playing Santa.
Today's definition was suggested by Mustang. Thank you Mustang. ~ James
rickki - 2011-02-05: 18:22:00
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