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msc (224 words)
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know-it-all, by trivet
expectant words, by kad
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The least he could do is throw her an eskimo pi on his way to bed.
Hey, a woman's got to learn life ain't all ice cream and midwives.
What the...?!
Brittanica: "(from French couver, “to hatch”), the custom of the father going to bed at the birth of his child and simulating the symptoms of labour and childbirth. In an extreme form of couvade, the mother returns to her work as soon as possible after giving birth, often the same day, and waits on the father; the roles of the sexes are thus reversed."