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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: falling pregnant #60955 03/22/2002 2:39 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA A common US euphemism for getting pregnant is "knocked up." Which caused me some consternation when I heard the phrase on a visit to UK .... Then there is the old joke about a very pregnant woman crossing the street in front of a large, oncoming truck. The driver braked just in time to miss the mother-to-be and yelled out the window : "Hey Lady! You can get knocked down, too!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter knocking on heaven's door #60956 03/22/2002 9:41 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >some consternation when I heard the phrase on a visit to UK .... And at what time were you knocked up? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: falling #60957 03/25/2002 9:56 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Rubrick addict Rubrick addict Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Well, while I haven't the foggiest notion where it came from, "falling pregnant" is a term I have known for a very long time and didn't even consider as potentially uncommon! This explains a common term that I've heard over the decades but never quite understood - fallen woman. I knew what it meant but NOT why it was used. The light has shone. As for my predecessors I have it on good faith that none of them were fairies and they were also far from immaculate!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fairies #60958 03/25/2002 10:39 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 I must have been away with the fairies then. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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