Verboticism: Blimpstaken
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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Inpregnito
Created by: bosstown
Pronunciation: in-preg-nito
Sentence: Steve realized, before he finished the sentence, that his boss' wife was indeed not inpregnito.
Etymology:
Noneintheoven
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: nun-in-thuh-uv-en
Sentence: the party ground to a halt as the awkward silence settled in...it became obvious it was all the result of an unfortunate noneintheoven.
Etymology: none, bun in the oven
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COMMENTS:
love it! - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-13: 14:21:00
Clever and hilarious! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-13: 16:09:00
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Fetusnmouth
Created by: idavecook
Pronunciation: Fee-TUS-IN-MOW-TH
Sentence: Wow Gabby, you're baby's gonna be a soccer player!" Way to go JIm, nice fetusnmouth, you tard.
Etymology: Foot in Mouth and The little critter that isn't
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
Falsefestiprego
Created by: kingdio
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Mark's falsefestiprego led him to serious hurt when the non-pregnant mammoth of a woman sat on him.
Etymology:
Fauxgestation
Created by: Redrover
Pronunciation: fo-ges-tay-shun
Sentence: Bob made a grevious error when he commented on the fauxgestation of his boss's wife.
Etymology: faux = fake; gestation = the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside a female viviparous animal (Wikipedia)
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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Confatulate
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: kun-fa-chu-late
Sentence: Not knowing that she was in her third trimester of eating lunch at Burger King, Bob confatulated Sue on what appeared to be evidence of her pending motherhood.
Etymology: congratulate, fat
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COMMENTS:
This one is spot on! Hard to top. - Redrover, 2007-12-13: 08:54:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-13: 16:12:00
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Dumbgratulate
Created by: lumina
Pronunciation: dum/grach/u/late
Sentence: While high school reunions tend to be alot of "Oh my God, did you see how bad so and so looks?" Blaire's was even a bit worse than that. Sure she had put on a "couple" of extra pounds since she was voted Hottest Cheerleader," but to be dumbgratulated all night long on her pregnancy was just plain wrong.
Etymology: mix of dumb and congratulate.
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COMMENTS:
Dumbfounded...isn't it at what some people say to you! - Nosila, 2008-11-04: 22:17:00
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Notivity
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: noht iv it eeeeeeee
Sentence: The news of her notivity was greeted with surprise and many tears. The tears were due to the escape of all the wind which had caused the rumour in the first place
Etymology: nativity eh... not?
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COMMENTS:
maternally yours... - Nosila, 2010-04-01: 16:33:00
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