It's wonderful to see an expectant, blooming mother, and to know how much joy awaits her (and also, let's face it, to know that the joyful bundle is going to be someone else's problem).
A pregnancy is a miracle of every science.*
However, a paunch is not a miracle of any kind.
It is quite clear from where it came, and it involved doing nothing the slightest bit clever.
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Patting it fondly and calling it a food baby is revolting, needy, and dishonest.
So please: stop it!
Sunday Rest: food baby. The Old English form of food was fōda. It's basically the same word as fodder.
*Well, possibly not astronomy.
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