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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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Blimpstaken
Created by: zxvasdf
Pronunciation: Blimp ms taken
Sentence: Blimpstaken for the fifth time today, Tom pondered why circumstances, (he preferred to accuse Lady Destiny) thrust him towards lactating females who were not in fact lactating. He then wondered if his constant blimpstakes was his psyche trying to tell him something... he looked at his wife, shuddered, and turned over. Thank God for birth control! The next morning his wife was to exclaim that she was pregnant, and when confronted by an agonized Tom she admitted she had been off the pill for months, that she was tired of people coming up to her with congratulations for an non-existent pregnancy. "To say 'yes, thank you very much' for once, Tom! How wonderful that would make me feel!"
Etymology: Blimp (bloated) & mistaken (in error)
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COMMENTS:
poor baby!! - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 13:01:00
Inspired ! Bravo! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-06: 23:49:00
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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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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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Pregaffulate
Created by: Maxine
Pronunciation: preg 'af yu layt
Sentence: Richard wasn't smart enough to keep his mouth shut after he pregaffulated Megan. He then called her fat. Well, it was nice knowing him.
Etymology: pregnant + gaffe + congratulate
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COMMENTS:
Nifty combobulation of those three words. Very apropos for the definition. Good job! - silveryaspen, 2007-12-13: 15:25:00
REALLY LIKE IT! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-13: 16:03:00
Very good verboticism! - Mustang, 2007-12-13: 19:01:00
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Mistorken
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Mis-stork-en
Sentence: Zak was totally mistorken when he asked Angela when the baby was due. He realised his mistake when he saw the look of horror on her husband's face and noticed the stoney silence that followed, and knew that she had just eaten too many pies.
Etymology: Mistaken(incorrect,an error) + Stork(a long-legged bird associated with pregnancy and birth) = Mistorken
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COMMENTS:
Verrrrry clever, Big M! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:07:00
BIG Mistork! Humble pies for ZAK! - metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:11:00
heh - galwaywegian, 2008-11-04: 09:22:00
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 10:33:00
i love it!! - libertybelle, 2008-11-05: 09:46:00
terrific - OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:43:00
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Prenatalapse
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /pree-neyt'-el-laps/
Sentence: Dennis had been expecting a raise until the night of the holiday party, before making a prenatalapse after being introduced to Mr. Roth's wife. He was guilty of a fetal-flaw, and now his hopes for a raise are no more expectant than Mrs. Roth herself.
Etymology: prenatal - preceding birth; pregnant (from Latin, prae- & nātālis) + lapse - a slip or error; also, a pause or break in continuity (from Latin, lāpsus)
Infatcurate
Created by: crmow
Pronunciation: in-FAT-kyur-at
Sentence: Bob's guess that Diane was pregnant was infatcurate.
Etymology: inaccurate + fat
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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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
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
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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