- To: James Wilkinson <jamesw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [slug-chat] "Pregnant Pause"
- From: Andrew Bennetts <a.bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Apr 9 14:14:02 2001
- Cc: SLUGers Chat Mailing List <slug-chat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- User-agent: Mutt/1.3.17i
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 01:52:38PM +1000, James Wilkinson wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Rodos said:
> >Anyone know where the phrase "Pregnant Pause" come from? Everything2 has
> >something on it but I was just wondering what it really means.
>
> In theatre, a pregnant pause is an uncomfortable pause, long enough for
> the audience to start to get bored and/or distracted.
I've always thought it was a pause long enough that something needs to
fill it, otherwise it gets uncomfortable. In other words, it's
synonymous with an "expectant pause"... :)
At least, that's what comes to *my* mind..
-Andrew.
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