baby rabies

English

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Noun

baby rabies (uncountable)

1. (slang, humorous or derogatory) An urgent desire to have a baby or grandchild.
   • 2004 January 25, Terry Austin, “Re: BURKE HAS SUMMONED TERRY AUSTIN!!!”, in rec.games.frp.dnd‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Some grandparents get baby rabies worse than some parents.

   • 2008, Dawn, "Making the Childfree Choice after a Heartbreaking Choice", in Our Heartbreaking Choices: Forty-Six Women Share Their Stories of Interrupting a Much-Wanted Pregnancy (ed. Christie Brooks), iUniverse (2008), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     I was absolutely shocked when I came down with “baby rabies” in my early 30's^[sic] after 11 years of marriage.

   • 2010, Amy Alkon, "Advice Goddess", Pacific Sun, 11 June 2010 - 17 June 2010, page 39:

     Some women in their 30s, especially those who wake up with baby rabies at 35, continue to maintain high standards: demanding that a man be straight, single and paroled.

Synonyms

• baby fever