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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/DtownBronx on 2025-06-05 00:42:11+00:00.

I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea, no surprise, I’ve snored like a cartoon character since I was 15. Today I went in for the machine fitting and a quick lesson on how to operate and connect the machine. I got home at the same time as my upstairs neighbors and we were chatting.

I happily told them they wouldn’t have to listen to me snore all night as I just got a new Pap smear machine. I noticed a change in their faces but didn’t think much of it. I kept talking and mentioned I’ve always figured I had sleep apnea but I’ve always been a little too embarrassed to get a Pap smear machine. This time there was clear confusion in the woman’s face so I was frantically going back over my words when it hit me. I couldn’t explain myself fast enough. They were doubled over laughing as I kept repeating C Pap machine. We run into each other a lot so I’m fully expecting Pap smear machine quips every time I see them, especially when they’re engaged in their back patio activities.

TL;DR: I mistakenly called my new C Pap machine a Pap smear repeatedly in a conversation with the couple that lives upstairs. I’ll have to avoid eye contact for the foreseeable future.