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preggers

preggers

9.7
A person who is pregnant
  • noun
  • /ˈprɛɡərz/
  • Slang
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  • My friend is preggers and expecting twins!

Examples

  • At the baby shower, the preggers guest of honor received many thoughtful gifts.

  • You could tell she was preggers by the way everyone fussed over her.

  • She announced to her friends that she was preggers and everyone cheered.

  • She is feeling great as a preggers woman.

  • At the baby shower, the preggers guest of honor received many thoughtful gifts.

  • My friend is preggers and expecting twins!

  • You could tell she was preggers by the way everyone fussed over her.

Synonyms

pregnant
vspreggers
1.0

Having a baby or a young animal growing inside the belly

is informal slang rather than neutral or formal descriptive language
to have a bun in the oven
vspreggers
  • Informal
1 8.4

To be pregnant and expecting a baby

is a short slang label rather than a longer idiomatic expression
up the duff
vspreggers
  • Slang
1 9.9

A woman who is expecting a baby

is more slangy and compact than that regional informal phrase
in the pudding club
vspreggers
  • Archaic
9.9

Pregnant and expecting a baby

is a briefer slangy label rather than a polite euphemism
gravida
vspreggers
  • Specialized
9.6

A woman who is pregnant

is everyday slang used outside formal clinical language

How Pregnant

full-term
4 3.7
preggers
  • Slang
9.7
unpregnant
1 6.3

Surface Forms

preggers singular
preggerses plural

Morphology

preggers = pregnant (transparent) = pregg + ers

Informal/clipped formation from 'pregnant' used as a nominal slang label; meaning remains directly derived from 'pregnant'.

Etymology

Preggers began as a nickname from pregnant with the casual ending -ers. So as a noun, preggers is an informal way to say 'a pregnant person'.