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 such mistaken congratulations.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Mistorken: /Mis-stork-en/ 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 Created by: TJayzz.
Comments on Mistorken:
metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:07:00
Verrrrry clever, Big M!metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:11:00
BIG Mistork! Humble pies for ZAK!galwaywegian, 2008-11-04: 09:22:00
hehJabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 10:33:00
excellentlibertybelle, 2008-11-05: 09:46:00
i love it!!OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:43:00
terrific
Immaculatemisconception: /i-mak-yuh-liti-mak-yuh-lit/ 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) Created by: Stevenson0.
Comments on Immaculatemisconception:
lumina, 2008-11-04: 01:33:00
Love it.metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:09:00
…..and a lesson for us all.
Good work,Steverino!galwaywegian, 2008-11-04: 09:22:00
niceOZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:56:00
Good one.
Jestashun: /jes-tay-shu/ Phil experienced total jestashun after he incorrectly speculated that he could feel the baby kick against the palms of his hands. After a pregnant pause he was told that it was just gas. Etymology: jest + shun + gestation Created by: Jabberwocky.
Comments on Jestashun:
metrohumanx, 2008-11-04: 09:05:00
Hilarious diagnosis, Doctor J !TJayzz, 2008-11-04: 14:36:00
Good!Mustang, 2008-11-04: 17:44:00
Very clever!libertybelle, 2008-11-05: 09:45:00
terrific word!!OZZIEBOB, 2008-11-05: 15:44:00
Very clever combination
Pregknot: /preg nät/ Tom was watching his pending promotion sliding away. He tied himself up in a big pregknot by suggesting that the boss’s wife was expecting. He incurred the wrath of the obeast when he offered that she must be carrying twins. Etymology: pregnant (having a child or young developing in the womb) + knot (a complex and intractable problem) Created by: artr.
Comments on Pregknot:
Jabberwocky, 2008-11-04: 13:04:00
+ not as she’s not pregnant – another great word artr
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