Verboticism: Infatcurate
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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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
Pregnot
Created by: bzav1
Pronunciation: preg - not
Sentence: That glow about Edna must have been caused by her quick trip up the stairs. I humbly withdrew my congratulations to herself and her mom upon discovering that she was pregnot.
Etymology: pregnant + not
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COMMENTS:
Good one. Like your sentece also. - Stevenson0, 2007-12-13: 10:12:00
****sentence**** - Stevenson0, 2007-12-13: 10:12:00
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Immaculatemisconception
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: i/mak/yuh/liti/mak/yuh/lit
Sentence: When Joe innocently and mistakingly mistook twenty extra pounds on the wife of his boss and congratulated her for "the baby on the way", it was truly an immaculatemisconception.
Etymology: IMMACULATE (blameless) + MISCONCEPTION (A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding)
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COMMENTS:
Love it. - lumina, 2008-11-04: 01:33:00
.....and a lesson for us all.
Good work,Steverino! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:09:00
nice - galwaywegian, 2008-11-04: 09:22:00
Good one. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:56:00
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Obstetrickall
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ob stet rik all
Sentence: Wearing a flowing Kaftan coupled with her recent surgery, Jim's beer-addled brain thought his boss Fred's wife Kathy looked very pregnant. When he commented on their new addition, by saying all deliveries were to go to the rear of the building, he realized that it was an obstetrickall illusion. After she slapped him, at the Labor Day barbeque, he realized he was a victim of suggestation. Soon-to-be unemployed dunce that he was, he further joked in his Miss Prissy accent, "I don't know nothin' about babyin', Miss Scarlett!" This started a fight in which he became embryoled in a breech of the law. His confinement in the county jail should end soon, in about 9 months.
Etymology: obstetrics (dealing with childbirth and motherhood) & trick (deceive somebody ) & all (everyone)
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COMMENTS:
Another classic! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:03:00
very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 13:03:00
Terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-06: 17:28:00
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Jestation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: jes/ta/tion
Sentence: Sally gave up jestating when a friend announced that he could feel the baby kick against the palms of my hands only to be told, after a pregnant pause, that it was just gas.
Etymology: gestation + jest
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-13: 16:10:00
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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
Misconceivetion
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: mis/kuhn/seev/shun
Sentence: Johnny was totally embarrassed about his misconceivetion and congratulations in regards to Joe's wife because of where she carried her excess weight. He spent the rest of the evening dancing to Joe and his wife's stares about his unmaculate misconception.
Etymology: misconception + conceive
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COMMENTS:
I like unmaculate misconception - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-13: 14:19:00
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Corpatulate
Created by: psychicbard
Pronunciation: kor*pa*chew*late
Sentence: Ryan unbeknowingly corpatulated the woman on her pregnancy-shaped beer-belly.
Etymology: Latin "corpus"-body "gratulari"-to wish joy corpulent+congratulate
Pregerr
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: pregər
Sentence: The newest memo from the head office said that cashiers should find some way to compliment each customer, whether that be their clothing, their hair or jewelry. Bill was anxious to be the first to get on the company bandwagon but only succeeded in putting his sizable foot in his mouth. In congratulating the next person in line on an upcoming maternity, he offered up the ultimate pregerr. The man he was talking to was not even slightly amused.
Etymology: pregnant (having a child or young developing in the uterus) + err (be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake)
Motherhoodwinked
Created by: day4ghee
Pronunciation:
Sentence: BEN HAD REALIZED THAT HE HAD BEEN MOTHERHOODWINKED WHEN BECKY KNEED HIM IN HIS BABY-MAKER.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
wonderful - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 13:02:00
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