One that lasts more than eight months.
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When did pregnancies get shorter?
I'd say someone who was 8 months or more gone was very pregnant, wouldn't you?
Has ever such a pause excised?
What matters is when the pause delivers
--pation!
Constipation?
Antici--
Mmmmm....nah
That expression means that the pause was full of something or was otherwise meaningful.
It's not an expression I'd recommend using because it isn't easily understood.
A pause in conversation that is full of tension and expectation.
What comes after has the potential to change everything.
Indeed, a good example would be the pause after a woman tells her partner "I'm pregnant" and waits for his reaction.