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bump
 adj.— «Pop culture’s obsession with all things “bump”—the euphemism coined by US Weekly for the pregnant tummy—is helping fuel the trend.» —“Do celebrity moms create teen fantasies?” by Rachel Leibrock Detroit Free Press (Mich.) Sept. 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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