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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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Pregsume
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: preg-zoom
Sentence: They pregsumed to Gladys at the Christmas lunch since she appeared to be "eating for two".
Etymology: pregnant + presume
Guterr
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: gut ur
Sentence: He guterred, and the misconception was badly disguised when he sympathised with her trapped wind issues
Etymology: gut err
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COMMENTS:
what a gas - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 13:02:00
He should keep his mind out of the gutter! - Nosila, 2008-11-04: 22:22:00
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Pregnarerroneous
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: pregnarerroneous - preg-ner-err-oh-ne -us
Sentence: To my pregnarerroneous quetion 'when is the baby due,' the lady huffily replied "I'm not pregnant, I'm just fluffy."
Etymology: pregnar - for pregnant. erroneous for mistakenly. Hence meaning mistakenly pregnant.
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COMMENTS:
Luv your daffynitions - keep them coming! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-13: 16:23:00
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Faterring
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: fat err ring
Sentence: if he had fathere half as many children as he had faterred, he could have had his own republiv
Etymology: fat erring, fathering
Buffoonokudos
Created by: metrohumanx
Pronunciation: buf-FOON-uh-KOO-dose
Sentence: Timmy the Beard's legendary lack of social skills almost caused his death when he offered his heartfelt BUFFOONOKUDOS to Portly Peggy on her advanced pregnancy. His lack of sensitivity and total immunity to any form of embarrasment caused him to argue the point for several minutes, much to the horror of those present. He was hustled away in the nick of time, and after the application of several shots of Yugolavian plum brandy, was finally convinced of his near-fatal BUFFOONOKUDOS, but in the end, it only added to his legendary status as the life of the party.
Etymology: BUFFOON+KUDOS=BUFFOONOKUDOS............BUFFOON:a gross and usually ill-educated or stupid person,a ludicrous figure : clown ;Middle French bouffon, from Old Italian buffone.....KUDOS:praise given for achievement,fame and renown resulting from an act or achievement;Greek kydos.
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COMMENTS:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/health/05pseud.html - metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:00:00
great sentence - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 12:59:00
Interesting word blend; fantastic yarn. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:49:00
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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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Falsexpectation
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: fawls-ex-peck-TAY-shun
Sentence: Bradley made a huge faux pas with his falsexpectation comment to his boss's wife, Bernadette, about her 'pregnancy' when in fact she had gained some unwanted pounds and inches since the last time she had been seen by the office staff.
Etymology: Blend of false and expectation, with 'expectation' alluding to the condition of pregnancy.
Mummawrong
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: muh m - ma-RONG
Sentence: Bob's chances for a Christmas bonus looked rather bleak after his momologue, congratulating his boss's wife on her impending motherhood, turned to profound embarassment; when she, without a pregnant pause, told him that he was mummawrong; and that, furthermore, both she and her husband were dinks- and intended to stay that way!
Etymology: Conflation of MUMMA, (mamma or momma), an informal word for mother & WRONG: not correct, in error. MOMOLOGUE (based on monologue) length speech about mothers and mothers-to- be.
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COMMENTS:
Great etymology. Mumma could also stem from mummy ... so this could have a really different daffynition like: being cursed for digging up the wrong mummy ... as in ... Digging up King Tut with it's curse was a real mummawrong. - silveryaspen, 2007-12-13: 15:21:00
Luv the daffynitions - keep them coming! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-13: 16:02:00
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Infatcurate
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: in-FAT-kyur-at
Sentence: Bob's guess that Diane was pregnant was infatcurate.
Etymology: inaccurate + fat
Oopsybaby
Created by: looseball
Pronunciation: oopsy+baby
Sentence: Man did they scare him with a look from hell when he oopsybabyed the wife.He thought boy she needs the Marino diet.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Stressing the first syllable makes this a fun word to say and the 2nd and 4th syllables rhyme ... fun word. Could have other daffynitions ... like: 1) what you say when you drop a baby. 2) what you say when you spill a drink on your date's lap 3) what you say when you baby, filling his diabper, smells up the room! I think you could have a lot of fun thinking up daffynitions for this word! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-13: 15:16:00
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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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