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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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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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Erroraparent
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: er or ap per rant
Sentence: Trust Richard Dufus to say to the boss' wife at a party that she looked pregnant, when she wasn't. You could always count on him to make an erroraparent comment. He only ever opened his mouth to change feet. As if that remark did not endear him enough, he spied a person with lots of make-up, jewellery, a fancy wig and gaudy outfit on his way to the bar. When he asked the boss' mother what her Drag Queen name was and which drag bar she worked in, he found himself looking for another line of work...
Etymology: Error (mistake) & A Parent (someone who has offspring)/ Apparent (clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses) & WordPlay on Heir Apparent (an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor)
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COMMENTS:
Richard is aparently good at erroronious assumptions. - artr, 2010-04-01: 07:00:00
To err is human, but not in his case! Cheers & Happy Easter - Nosila, 2010-04-01: 16:36:00
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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:
Notpregnantpause
Created by: xirtam
Pronunciation: not-preg-nuhnt-pawz
Sentence: The tension in the air was noticable during the notpregnantpause between the time when Jerry asked Carol she was due and moment she kicked him in the leg.
Etymology: Not: used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition. + Pregnant Pause: Slang - Silence filled with suspense.
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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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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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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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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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:
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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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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