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Expecting
Expecting adjective - Containing unborn young within the body.
Both words in one sentence
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In universe too, when people ask him who his parents are (expecting a name) he only answers "Mother" or "Father." No Social Skills: Christopher.
- Ask a question expecting an answer so silly that only the real Bob would be capable of pulling it off.
Source: No One Else Is That Dumb -
Mary Jane does this in Ultimate Spider-Man when Peter tells her his secret and she exclaims that she'd just been expecting him to kiss her (leading Peter to ask why she came to talk to him if that was what she was expecting and subsequently to their first Almost Kiss).
Source: Did I Just Say That Out Loud?
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