Learned a new word over the holidays.
BABYMOON
ba·by·moon
ˈbābēˌmo͞on/
noun
informal
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a relaxing or romantic vacation taken by parents-to-be before their baby is born.“on the eve of my third trimester, we boarded a plane for a week-long babymoon among the quiet canals of Amsterdam”
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a period of time following the birth of a baby during which the new parents can focus on establishing a bond with their child.“a babymoon is regarded as a crucial time for a family to establish itself”
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Wow, Google knew. I never heard of it.
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port·man·teau wordnounplural noun: portmanteau wordsa word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel (from ‘motor’ and hotel’) or brunch (from ‘breakfast’ and ‘lunch’).
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And, of course, I made a modest edit to the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portmanteaus#General
Contributing to “global whizdom”!
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