The term is now also used jokingly to imagine what the combination 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!
Person 2: YES, SIGN ME UP , THIS IS SOMETHING I NEED TO SEE!
Normally The illegitimate child of two adults concieved in a moment of passion. not to be confused with a 'child of love'
Also, a 1968 #1 hit song by The Supremes.
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.
2. Dr. Pepper is the Bastard Love Child of Coke and Root Beer, and I will die by those words.