{"id":240,"date":"2007-12-18T11:08:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2007-12-18T11:08:20","modified_gmt":"2007-12-18T15:08:20","slug":"come-on-you-must-be-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"Come on! You must be pregnant…"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v. tr.<\/em>, To enthusiastically congratulate a woman on her pending motherhood, only to be told that you are mistaken. n.<\/em>, The dashed expectations and pregnant silence that follows, especially when such mistaken congratulations have been offered to your boss’s wife.<\/p>\n

\"Come<\/p>\n

VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Confatulate<\/strong>: \/kun-fa-chu-late<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> congratulate, fat Created by:<\/em> purpleartichokes.<\/p>\n

Comments on Confatulate:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Redrover<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-13: 08:54:00<\/em>
\nThis one is spot on! Hard to top.<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-13: 16:12:00<\/em>
\nGood word!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jestation<\/strong>: \/jes-ta-tion<\/em>\/ 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:<\/em> gestation + jest Created by:<\/em> Jabberwocky.<\/p>\n

Comments on Jestation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-13: 16:10:00<\/em>
\nGood word!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pregnot<\/strong>: \/preg – not<\/em>\/ That glow about Edna must have been caused by her quick trip up the stairs. I humbly withdrew my congratulations to herself and her mom upon discovering that she was pregnot. Etymology:<\/em> pregnant + not Created by:<\/em> bzav1.<\/p>\n

Comments on Pregnot:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stevenson0<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-13: 10:12:00<\/em>
\nGood one. Like your sentece also.<\/p>\n

Stevenson0<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-13: 10:12:00<\/em>
\n****sentence****<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Noneintheoven<\/strong>: \/nun-in-thuh-uv-en<\/em>\/ the party ground to a halt as the awkward silence settled in…it became obvious it was all the result of an unfortunate noneintheoven. Etymology:<\/em> none, bun in the oven Created by:<\/em> rikboyee.<\/p>\n

Comments on Noneintheoven:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jabberwocky<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-13: 14:21:00<\/em>
\nlove it!<\/p>\n

OZZIEBOB<\/a><\/strong>, 2007-12-13: 16:09:00<\/em>
\nClever and hilarious!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To see more verboticisms for this definition go to:
\nhttps:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/verboticisms.php?jid=preggers<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Creative,<\/p>\n

James<\/p>\n

www.verbotomy.com<\/a>
\nthe create-a-word game<\/p>\n

Definition Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verbotomy<\/a><\/strong> – 2007-12-13: 00:30:00<\/em>
\nToday’s definition was suggested by Mustang<\/strong><\/a> Thank you Mustang ~ James<\/p>\n

silveryaspen<\/a><\/strong> – 2007-12-13: 14:19:00<\/em>
\nvery nice play on words … but the meaning could be mistaken for a man’s padded belly while playing Santa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION: v. tr., 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, especially when such mistaken congratulations have been offered to your boss’s wife. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Confatulate: \/kun-fa-chu-late\/ Not knowing that she … Continue reading Come on! You must be pregnant…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[90,92,93,89,91,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}