Meanings
- derogatoryhumorousslanguncountableAn urgent desire to have a baby or grandchild.
Some grandparents get baby rabies worse than some parents.
2004 January 25, Terry Austin, “Re: BURKE HAS SUMMONED TERRY AUSTIN!!!”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)2 more examples
I was absolutely shocked when I came down with “baby rabies” in my early 30's after 11 years of marriage.
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), unnumbered pageSome 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.
2010, Amy Alkon, "Advice Goddess", Pacific Sun, 11 June 2010 - 17 June 2010, page 39Synonyms: baby fever
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn urgent desire to have a baby or grandchild.
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baby rabies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20rabies
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