Verboticism: Dumbgratulate
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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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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Pregnonsee
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: preg-non-see
Sentence: Jack's biggest gaffe happened when he congratulated his boss's wife on her pregnancy, but it was a pregnonsee.
Etymology: pregnancy: to be pregnant + non: not + see
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COMMENTS:
good one - Nosila, 2010-04-01: 16:34:00
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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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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)
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
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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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:
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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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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Jestation
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: jes/ta/tion
Sentence: Sally gave up jestating when a friend announced that he could feel the baby kick against the palms of my hands only to be told, after a pregnant pause, that it was just gas.
Etymology: gestation + jest
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COMMENTS:
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-13: 16:10:00
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