Catchword: Southcott Syndrome

Filed under: English, Health

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: She’s suffering from Southcott Syndrome, a medical condition whose name I coined myself. I define this condition as being when a post-menopausal or otherwise infertile woman insists, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that she’s pregnant. I named the syndrome after Joanna Southcott, the 19th-century prophetess who announced at the age of sixty five that she was pregnant with the new messiah.

Article or document title:
“Woman, 59, Admits She’s Not Pregnant” (URL)

Author:
Alex Boese

Article, document, publication, web site:
Museum of Hoaxes

Publishing location:
San Dieog, California

Date of publication:
Jan. 5, 2005

This catchword has yet to be researched.