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Old 02-20-2010, 11:44 PM
TPA85 TPA85 is offline
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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum View Post
What about knocked up?
Not my favorite term but it doesn't make me cringe. When I hear "knocked up" I do think accidental, illegitimate child, though.

I prefer pregnant, expecting, or even "with child".

For humor, here are my contexts in which I think of each term:

"OH man. Just found out I'm knocked up! Don't know WTF I'm gonna do! OH NO!"

"Ah yes, husband and I are expecting. What a beautiful addition."

and my example for preggo was given above ^^
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