Jul 21 2009 - 12:00pm This morning on Live!, Kelly teased Regis because he cringed when the duo were interviewing Katherin Heigl and the older host made reference to the actress's pregnancy movie. He admitted he doesn't like the term "knocked up" or feel comfortable saying it. There are many ways to say a woman is with child from "she's expecting" to "they're pregnant," does this particular term bother you?
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I think is a crude term but I don't mind it.
1haha i was about to say the exact same thing as bsobos123
i don't mind it in some cases but sometimes its just inapropriate to say
2I don't mind it.... it's def. way better than when people say "Prego" BLAH, now THAT one I hate!
3I agree with ElleJay - It's WAY WAY better than prego or preggers. Those are by far the worst.
I kind of have fun saying I got knocked up. In the appropriate situation of course....(like, not a job interview or talking with my MIL)
4Heck, it's crude but I don't mind the term.
5I used to joke around when referring to myself getting 'knocked up' since we were both on protection when I got pregnant.
But I appreciate some people being considerate and avoid using 'knocked up' too, like Regis, I mean.
I don't mind it. The WORST is when a stupid man says "we're pregnant!" Oh really, you are? So you have stretch marks, hemorrhoids, sore breasts, horrible acne, a doctor looking up your vagina every few weeks and you plan on squeezing the kid out? And it's not "sweet" like some women claim. It's insensitive and ignorant. A man can be excited but he doesn't have to be dumb.
6I thought it was meant to be crude. Like something you'd use when an unfit mother accidentally gets pregnant.
7I think it's just crude, I also hate the terms "prego" and "preggers," they are not cute just tacky. I don't think this is an area for trendy nicknames and code words. As was stated above it was a term meant to denote an unfit women becoming pregnant and is, hence, a deragatory term for a type a woman.
8Roaring, I think it was intended to be/ used to be crude, but like 'baby mama' it has gained more universal acceptance. I'm not a fan of the term but I don't really care.
9I'm not really a fan of knocked up in most circumstances.
10I would rather here the word, "knocked up" than "baby bump."
I think the only time I really use the term knocked up was when I was referring to myself. It was a new thing for me and I also said I had a "bun in the oven" just because I was referring to myself and I thought it was funny.
11I think it depends. on Heigl's movie it was appropriate seeing the circumstances when she got "Knocked up" but I wouldn't want to be referred to as being knocked up
12I don't use anything but "pregnant" because I think all of the other terms sound really juvenile. "Preggo" has never crossed my lips and never will (ew). 'Knocked up' is bad too.
13It's not so bad, but I think people use it mostly when describing a woman who is pregnant and not married. If they're offended I wouldn't say it but it doesn't bother me.
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