fetus deletus

English

Etymology

From fetus + rhyming alteration of delete with Latin -us after fetus. Compare Latin dēlētus (“deleted”).

Phrase

fetus deletus

  1. (Internet slang, humorous) Used to call for or reference the act of getting an abortion (hence destroying the fetus).
    • 2021 May 25, “Buried WUnderground”, in WUnderground, volume 17, number 6, St. Louis, Mo.: Washington University in St. Louis, →ISSN, →OCLC, front page, column 1:
      Under new Arkansas abortion ban, local Little Rock Baby gets life without parole after absorbing twin in the womb / Page fetus deletus
    • 2022 May 12, National Trending Staff, “Fetus deletus: New York Times removes the word "fetus" from Wordle answers”, in Daily Hive‎[1], Vancouver, B.C., →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 May 2022
    • 2023 November 13, Kari Vallury, quoting Mel, “Abortion experiences: The abortion seeking and disclosure journey”, in Abortion Stigma in a Pro-Choice World: A Mixed Methods Study of Abortion Stigma in Australia‎[2], Adelaide, S.A.: Flinders University, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 August 2024, chapter 7 (Findings from the Interview Study […]), section 2 (Thematic analysis), page 152:
      I've always been the sort of person who said like, I'm not designed to be a mum, I don't want to be a parent, if I ever get pregnant, fetus deletus, I'm not having it.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fetus deletus.
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