Do you think the phrase "knocked up" is demeaning? Why or why not?

Question

until the release of the movies a while back, the term seemed to disappear....

Answer 1

What the h**l is with you saying "Knocked up"? you bringing it back or something? really dumb.... and yes, I do take an offense to that. so stop saying it in every d**n answer you do for someone.

Answer 2

no not at all!!! i never thought of it as a demeaning remark actually lol thats a good point tho...i guess some ppl who are sensitive might? but personally no!

Answer 3

I've always used the term knocked up, I wouldn't find it demeaning at all if I were pregnant.

Answer 4

It does have some negative connotations - it used to suggest that you got pregnant outside of marriage, usually young and may not even know who the father is.  I joke with my husband all the time that he'd better be careful not to get me knocked up again ;)

Answer 5

My husband says that and I HATE It. I know he is only joking but I just hate the way it sounds. I know its supposed to refer to someone who got pregnant unexpectantly but our baby was planned! (We tried for 10 months!) It just sounds like a bad thing and pregnancy is a GOOD thing!!  

Answer 6

I do not like that term. it sounds trashy, gross & degrading. i'm pregnant, not "knocked up" god that annoys me so much and it makes me sick to hear others say it.  good thing no one has ever said that to me or they'd have a good slap to the face.

Answer 7

It depends on how it's used and by who. I say I'm knocked up in a joking way. I even have a shirt that says I'm not fat I'm just knocked up. It's all about how you look at things. If you choose for it to not be a demeaning thing it won't be, words have as much power as you give them.

Answer 8

Yes I hate it - it makes the woman out to be an object with no agency of her own (generally and grammatically).

It also has negative connotations - like she's a dumbass for getting herself in this condition.

Answer 9

I fail to see how it would be demeaning any more than any of the other slang terms for pregnancy, like "bun in the oven" "on stork watch" "in the pudding club" "in the family way" "in pod" "up the duff" etc. Well, maybe up the duff is a little demeaning.

I'm betting the term disappeared because it was getting antiquated. Like keen, or gee whiz, or groovy.