It means that the situation that is being described is a binary. It is something that is either IS or ISN'T. Such as is the case when one is pregnant. One either "is" pregnant or "is not", there is no in between or partial pregnancy. It means it is a situation in which there is no ambiguity or no gray area. You can't be "just a little bit" of certain things.
You can't be just a little bit pregnant when you are talking bankruptcy. You can't be just a little bit bankrupt. You are either bankrupt or not bankrupt.
References:
Lou Mannheim (Hal Holbrook) in the movie "Wall Street" used this phrase while conversing with Bud Fox
References:
Lou Mannheim (Hal Holbrook) in the movie "Wall Street" used this phrase while conversing with Bud Fox
by idiomsfanatic April 13, 2007
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by CBJM April 14, 2007
Get the pregnatize mug.A phantom pregnancy is when someone thinks they're pregnant, when they're actually not. Sort of like a phantom text, when you think you feel your phone vibrate, but it really didn't. You begin to imagine signs of pregnancy, such as morning sickness, irritation towards everything and everyone, the munchies, ect.
Girlfriend: I'm pregnant! I swear I'm pregnant!
Boyfriend: .. That's not possible.
Girlfriend: Yes it is! We've screwed a thousand times!
Boyfriend: It's probably just a phantom pregnancy...
Girlfriend: No! I swear, I am! I think I feel kicking too!
Boyfriend: I'm sterile.
Boyfriend: .. That's not possible.
Girlfriend: Yes it is! We've screwed a thousand times!
Boyfriend: It's probably just a phantom pregnancy...
Girlfriend: No! I swear, I am! I think I feel kicking too!
Boyfriend: I'm sterile.
by ZomZomZomZom January 1, 2011
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Get the prenatal funk mug.When a woman takes two pregnancy tests with one coming up positive and the other negative. Until the woman can visit the doctor, she's both pregnant and not pregnant at the same time creating the comparison with Schrodinger’s Cat.
Kirsty: Great, two pregnancy tests with different results. I have Schrodinger’s Pregnancy here, baby and no baby at the same time.
by WatcherMark May 23, 2019
Get the Schrodinger’s Pregnancy mug.A popular excuse used by women to stop a boyfriend, husband, fiancée, etc from playing COD any longer.
Girl: "Honey, how long are you going to play that stupid game?"
Guy: "Just put it in the fridge and I'll heat it up later."
Girl: "Are you even listening to me?... I'm pregnant."
Guy: "You're just saying that to get me to come upstairs."
Girl: "ugh" and walks away
Guy: "Just put it in the fridge and I'll heat it up later."
Girl: "Are you even listening to me?... I'm pregnant."
Guy: "You're just saying that to get me to come upstairs."
Girl: "ugh" and walks away
by FreBerSch February 18, 2010
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