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the rabbit died

the rabbit died phrase: indicates one's own pregnancy, or that someone has found out they are pregnant.

Phrase

the rabbit died

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Indicates one's own pregnancy, or that someone has found out they are pregnant.
    • Robin finally was able to announce: "Good news! The rabbit died!" She said she was thrilled and that everybody was happy for her except her mother.1993, Maurice Apprey, Intersubjectivity, Projective Identification, and Otherness, page 153

Origin of the rabbit died

Referring to the rabbit test.

Questions about the rabbit died

What does the rabbit died mean?
The rabbit died means indicates one's own pregnancy, or that someone has found out they are pregnant.
What part of speech is the rabbit died?
The rabbit died is a phrase.

Words near the rabbit died in the dictionary

  1. the proof of the pudding is in the eating
  2. the proverbial dog that caught the car
  3. the purpose of a system is what it does
  4. the quality
  5. the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  6. the rabbit died
  7. the race that stops a nation
  8. the rest is gravy
  9. the rest is history
  10. the revolution will not be televised
  11. the rich get richer

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