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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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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
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
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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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.
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
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:
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
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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Preggersgoof
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: PREG-guhs-GOOF
Sentence: Bob's chances for future promotion looked rather bleak when his preggersgoof, congratulating his boss's wife on her impending motherhood, turned to profound embarassment; for she, without a pregnant pause, told him that he was speaking from a misconception; and that, furthermore, both she and her husband were dinks- and intended to stay that way!
Etymology: Etymology: PREGGERS: Slang for pregnant & GOOF: to commit a faux pas or fault.
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COMMENTS:
Hahaha....good one, O-bob! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:04:00
nice to say - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 13:00:00
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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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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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