A Woman Who Cannot Have Children?

You are looking for puns, correct? Not the actual word(s) for someone in this sad situation?

Sterile.

yes puns, the actual words are like barren or infertile

Sesquipedalianyes puns, the actual words are like barren or infertile

This is a staggeringly unfunny attempt at humour.

Good luck with your quest but make sure that you keep on your toes when you start cracking such jokes. You will offend many many people who have had the ultimately sad experience of finding out that they will never be able to have children and are therefore genetically dead.

Stannum

I thought they were quite funny - but then it doesn't apply to me. Just be careful who you say them to.

But personally I'd rather be called inconceivable than 'genetically dead'. That really is a horrible phrase.

Nona The BritI thought they were quite funny - but then it doesn't apply to me. Just be careful who you say them to.

But personally I'd rather be called inconceivable than 'genetically dead'. That really is a horrible phrase.G'day Nona,

On such a topic one man's meat is another woman's poison.

I prefer accuracy to euphemisms but some questions are difficult to answer.

I called no one genetically dead and never would.

I believe that labelling people is really horrible but that must be just me.

Stannum

Nona The BritBut personally I'd rather be called inconceivable (...)

So would I, though shouldn't it be 'inconceiving' (if we exist we can't be inconceivable)? But of course, the dubious 'pun' would then be lost.

By the way, 'unimpregnable' would be more accurate.

'unimpregnable' would be more accurate.

No! I think you've got this the other way round! The im prefix here is a negative ('not pregnable'), the same as the un. Look up impregnable!

CJ