affair baby

English

Noun

affair baby (plural affair babies)

1. Child born of infidelity; the offspring of a pregnancy resulting from an extramarital affair.
   • 2012, Andrew G Marshall, How Can I Ever Trust You Again?::

     So what happened when Vanessa and George sat quietly with the issues over the 'affair baby'?

   • 2017, Diamond Johnson, Love So Dangerous:

     "You were always trying to get into my father's head about me on something, and it's all because you just wanted me, the affair baby, out of your house, so you could raise your one daughter that you have," I spat.

   • 2023, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne, page 37:

     "My existence disturbs people." Her voice is like Em's, too, but with a different kind of sharpness, a more subtle blade. "Side effect of being an affair baby."

Synonyms

• bastard
• love child