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  • A man who chases women during the month after his wife has given birth.

    January 2, 2008

  • Really? Amazing the things we have names for....

    January 2, 2008

  • Wow. That's really barfy. Did men not know about their own left hands or something?

    January 2, 2008

  • Wow - I have two days left in which to gandermoon. Look out ladies!

    January 3, 2008

  • Hey, congrats to you, yarb! All sorts of life events going on around here. :-D

    January 3, 2008

  • Thanks rt! I'm a big fan of babies, or at least, of my own.

    January 4, 2008

  • Get the little dickens typing as soon as you can--we need a new generation of Wordies to replace us when we're old and arthritic. ;-)

    January 4, 2008

  • What's source (sic) for the goose is sauce (sic) for the gander.(sick)

    January 9, 2008

  • gandermooner – A husband who strays each month, during the "time of month" when his wife is "unavailable".

    From the Dict. of Obsolete English:

    Gander, v. To ramble about without object.

    Gandermonth, s. The month in which a man's wife is confined. Gandermooner, one who acts the gallant at that season. To go a gandering, to gallant during this season.

    April 10, 2013