Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in the pudding club

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
in- the pud-ding -club
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Pregnant.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Colloquial; Slang

Etymology

* Possibly derived from the round shape of a pregnant abdomen, resembling that of a traditional boiled pudding. * An alternative suggestion is an association with dialectal English pod (“belly”), German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Low German Puddek (“lump, pudding”).

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What does in the pudding club mean?
Pregnant.
Where does in the pudding club come from?
* Possibly derived from the round shape of a pregnant abdomen, resembling that of a traditional boiled pudding. * An alternative suggestion is an association with dialectal English pod (“belly”), German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Low German Puddek (“lump, pudding”).

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