affair baby

noun

Child born of infidelity; the offspring of a pregnancy resulting from an extramarital affair.

Meanings

nounaffair baby (plural affair babies)

plural affair babies

  1. Child born of infidelity; the offspring of a pregnancy resulting from an extramarital affair.

    So what happened when Vanessa and George sat quietly with the issues over the 'affair baby'?

    2012, Andrew G Marshall, How Can I Ever Trust You Again?
    2 more examples

    "You were always trying to get into my father's head about me on something, and it's all because you just wanted me, the affair baby, out of your house, so you could raise your one daughter that you have," I spat.

    2017, Diamond Johnson, Love So Dangerous

    "My existence disturbs people." Her voice is like Em's, too, but with a different kind of sharpness, a more subtle blade. "Side effect of being an affair baby."

    2023, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne, page 37

    Synonyms: bastard, love child

Synonyms & antonyms

nounChild born of infidelity; the offspring of a pregnancy resulting from an extramarital affair.

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