baby bump

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 04:22:29AM -0400, victor steinbok wrote:
> >
> >      Draft additions March 2007
> >   colloq. (orig. Brit.). The protruding abdomen of a visibly pregnant
> > woman; (hence) an unborn child.
>
>
> Fair. Should "baby bump" be added as a variant?

It would need to go in as a separate entry, it couldn't be a variant.
But it's on the list.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

> VS-)
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Well, we do have _bump_ in this sense.
> >
> > Jesse Sheidlower
> > OED
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