I hate it too...
It shoudl only be used when explaining something funny or if you want to be a b*tch!
But not to tell someone that you are having a baby!

I don't use it unless I'm joking with my husband, but I don't mind it either. It's just easier for me to say we're pregnant.

The one that bugs me for some reason I can't explain is "with child."

Oh and I would never dream of saying it to someone else in reference to their pregnancy. As in "I hear you're knocked up!" Unless it's my sister, because that's the kinda stuff we say.

Knocked up is so negative to me I hate the term. I'm with you Greggie "with child" bugs me just as much. Everyone just say your pregnant.

I say it when talking to my man. For example, he asked what my goals were for 2008. I mentioned a house, a different car and then said, "and maybe get knocked up at some point". Just kind of a silly thing to say. But I don't think I would announce it to my friends or family that way.

And yeah, 'with child' is soooo annoying. I also hate 'preggers' or 'preggo'.

Preggo drives me nuts unless it's a close friend ribbing me. But a coworker that I barely know walks in all the time and says "How's it goin', Preggo?"

Shut up.

I'm not English speaking but even for me this term sounds indeed condescending and a little bit harsh.

"knocked up" to me has the negative connotation that it wasn't planned, the daddy is maybe one of many or not really in the picture, and a 'young' girl. this kind of slang used by a married person is pretty funny to me... unless she was using it seriously. i can appreciate the humor when it's used in a joking kind of way but other than that... ugh.

don't have a problem with it

it's just slang.

and u think *preggers* is cute? ::shudder::

I think if you can take it as a joke and be like "so I hear you're knocked up!" to your friends, I mean...what's so negative about it? it's the same meaning...it's still blissful if you say it with a smile damn smileys...

*preggers* is annoying.

u people like sprinkles on your cupcakes, don't ya? the rainbow kind? yeah...

LMAO liz...haha! your too much! Your comment about sprinkles & cupcakes got me to thinking about Sprinkles Cupcakes and that most of the cupcakes there DONT have sprinkles...LoL!

Back on topic..i dont like preggers but do like Prego..I would never say that i was knocked up but when other people say it it doesnt make me cringe like other words...

I think it's a derogatory phrase... just kinda tacky. I wouldn't use it in reference to myself or a friend. Now, preggers.... that's just funny. Because I'm from the south and people say stuff like that, I would probably use it jokingly.

Knocked up has too many negative connotations of being in a situation you'd rather not be. I would think it'd only be appropriate in the most crass of joking terms, or if youre particularly vicious and old fashioned and gossipy!

Knocked up has too many negative connotations of being in a situation you'd rather not be. I would think it'd only be appropriate in the most crass of joking terms, or if youre particularly vicious and old fashioned and gossipy!

I find it kind of funny depending on the situation I am talking about. For example if I found out a guy I know is randomly getting married after only dating someone for like 2 months- I might joke around and asked if the girl got knocked up. I wouldnt use it in regards to people I know or even people who have been together for awhile. Yeah I know my moral compass is a little screwy

*oops I wouldnt use it in regards to people I really know or close too

To me knocked up means you are unmarried and pregnant. It has a negative connotation to it.

what's wrong with not being married and having a baby? some people do it by choice.. e.g. halle berry, johnny depp and his girlfriend...

shes "prego"

This post is too loaded!

It just depends on who I'm talking too. I would never say it to strangers or to make the announcement, if I ever do get pregnant. However, I do have several friends & family members who can find humor in it & so can I!

I don't think I've ever used it, but I don't generally use slang; it's just not me. I don't think it's negative, just a different way to announce a pregnancy. Words are just words.

I think I'd only use it if I was talking to a close friend or my husband in reference to myself. I don't think I would use it in regards to anyone else unless I was joking and they had an excellent sense of humor. Otherwise, it's too easy to offend people. I always say "having a baby". Pretty straightforward and non-offensive.

Ha in Britain there's a worse phrase - "up the duff". Far too graphic for my taste! But I don't especially like knocked up or preggers either.

"Knocked up" is exceptionally derogatory - it implies a lack of caution and responsibility, a lower-classness... and it's just a generally horrible term to use. Even if you're talking about an unplanned pregnancy (which it implies), it's not the best turn of phrase.

That said, over here in the UK, the first time I stayed in a hotel, the reception desk asked "What time would you like to be knocked up in the morning?" After my initial shock-horror, I realised that they meant "What time would you like your wake-up call?"

I agree that it is derogatory. It definitely implies lack of caution resulting in an unplanned pregnancy, usually between people with a casual relationship or too young to be married.

Knocked up = accident
thats how i see it

haha my friend just yelled at me the other day lol i said knocked up and she's like its not knocked up if they are married! so now i must say pregnant if it was married and i can use knocked up if they aren't lol

I wouldn't exactly congratulte a friend at a baby shower by saying :congrats for being knocked up". I think it's more something you say between girlfriens. Or if you want to talk about people you don't like. but I love prego, think it's funny. I think everyone is getting all bent out of shape about words.

"Knocked up" is unwed... If the person is married then I would say pregnant. My sis is preggers *gasp* (I don't see it as a bad word) and she is unwed so I joke that she got knocked up...it doesn't bother her.

i don't see a problem with the phrase, unless you're using it to be mean. there's no need for that, the world is nasty enough

Well reading through all these comments made me think about saying it! I think knocked up, preggers, and prego are all fine...I think it's funny when someone calls themselves knocked up, although I can't think of a time I used that with someone, I hope I haven't because I guess it's more offensive than I originally thought!

Then again I'm at the age/phase or am just plain vulgar enough that me and my friends call each other sluts and wh*res a lot. I think there's a difference between what you're comfortable with, and what you'd say to someone outside that comfort zone. Sometimes words hurt, and those possible negative connotations really do matter, and sometimes they're just funny.

"knocked up" can be used when being playful or joking around. People need to LIGHTEN up

It would depend on context, but I don't recall ever saying that. It brings up images of cans of beer on the floor, a cigarette in the ashtray, and living in a trailer. I think if used to be silly and intending to conjure an image like that for comedic affect, then it'd be ok. But I wouldn't just say it otherwise.

with friends, it's funny (most of my friends are married).

but Knocked up = got pregnant by someone who is not your husband (ie. your boyfriend, some random guy, etc.).

i would never call that to someone, because it's bad enough that person IS knocked up, no need in imposing my opinion on that person.

Not a fan of the phrase.

It surely has a negative vibe to it...

i got "knocked up" and was a single mother for a few years. because of that, i have always LOVED ... strangely, i know ... the term "knocked up." it was a way for me to find humour in the fact that i unexpectedly got pregnant and left "in a family way." ha ha. a bit perverse, but my friends and family have always had a good run of fun with the term.

conversely, i absolutely HATED the movie "knocked up." in some ways, it hit too close to home. but i loved the title.

Same here - I'm not fan of that phrase either. Personally, I don't like "preggo" or "preggers" either. I find those phrases derogatory.

Incidently, I knew a woman who would use those phrases to describe other pregnant women. She was resentful of them because she was trying hard to become pregnant herself, and just hated it whenever she heard of someone else becoming pregnant.

I think it's probably rude if you're saying it about anyone besides yourself. If you are referring to your own pregnancy it really just depends on the attitude behind it.

I think it IS alright to say it in a rude way though as unplanned pregnancies, in my opinion, are very irresponsible. I am on the shot and I have been on the pill. It isn't rocket science to not get 'knocked up'. My high school had a nursery for students to drop off their kids while they went to class. Girls who can't even legally buy cigarettes and are years from being able to get into club.

Knocked up is a really strange phrase. I wouldn't use it because I like saying "pregnant" or "pregnancy".

It's HER pregnancy, let her say what she wants about it.

I think "knocked-up" is such an old-fashioned expression, it can only be said ironically, like "neat-o", "spiffy" or "'alo guvnah!"...I think her friend was using it correctly...in an ironic way, because in the past, to say one is knocked-up was such a negative thing but clearly, in this day and age, there's no need to be ashamed and that's she's actually happy about it. Meh, it's all about context.