The term is now also used jokingly to imagine what thecombination of two people (more typically those who are unable to produce a child together) would look like.
Person 1: Omg, imagine if Jeff and Derek had a love child!
John and sue's affair lead to a love child, that caused sue to be spurned by her family.
last week i heard 'love child' on an oldies station, you might like it.
The politically correct form of bastard in its original sense of an illegitimate offspring. The two words are often joined together for the phrase "bastard love child", a common setup of humorous analogies.
1. Gary and Sue had a love child, but they still haven't gotten married or even moved in together.