Verboticism: Confatulate
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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Notsobirthingfat
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: nawt-soe-ber-thing-fat
Sentence: He toasted her new motherhood only to find a black eye and some serious notsobirthingfat.
Etymology: not + so + birth:reproduction + fat:obesity
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)
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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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)
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
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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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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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
Missedconception
Created by: thegoatisbad
Pronunciation: mis′d·con·cep′·tion
Sentence: Although Kimberly would never admit it, she desperately wanted to have a child; Loretta did not. But Loretta looked pregnant, and was often asked by strangers "when is your boy or girl due?" This didn't bother Loretta, who would park in expectant mother spaces and convince offices where she occasionally temped to host baby showers. "What are you going to do with all these baby clothes?" asked Kimberly "I don't know," responded Loretta "dress my dolls and plants with them. Come meet Mr. Fern and his kids." Loretta's flippant attitude annoyed Kimberly, who realized that they were both the victims of missedconception.
Etymology: missed (feel absence of) + conception (making a baby) Play on Misconception (a false impression or belief)
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