Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lunchtime abortion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: lunchtime abor-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A conveniently available abortion, performed under local anesthetic soon after the onset of pregnancy.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"Aitken testified, "In recent years I personally have been involved in fights to prevent the State Health Service from closing down baby care facilities and opening 'lunchtime abortion clinics' instead.""
"Abortion became so much easier. I remember Germaine Greer wildly proclaiming to the women of the world that here was another new thing that was going to liberate women further, and that was the lunchtime abortion."
""We are already seeing an increase in post-abortion trauma in women who have had 'quickie' lunchtime abortions", he said, "as they have had insufficient time truly to consider the options available to them.""

Etymology

So called because the procedure might conceivably be performed within the patient's lunchbreak.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

lunchtime abortions (plural)

Questions

What does lunchtime abortion mean?: A conveniently available abortion, performed under local anesthetic soon after the onset of pregnancy.
Where does lunchtime abortion come from?: So called because the procedure might conceivably be performed within the patient's lunchbreak.

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