Pregnancy Euphemisms | Learn English Idioms

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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

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Hi there. I'm Sarah.
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āĻšāĻžāχ. āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻš.
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And I'm going to explain some euphemisms to you for the word 'pregnant'.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ 'āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĒāĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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So maybe if your friend or somebody is pregnant, people will ask and you'll say, "Oh, she's pregnant".
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āϤāĻžāχ āĻšāϝāĻŧāϤ⧋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧇āω āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀ āĻšāϞ⧇, āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ, "āĻ“āĻš, āϏ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀"āĨ¤
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But the word 'pregnant' might be a little bit too direct.
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ 'āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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So we have some euphemisms that we can use to  say 'pregnant' without saying 'pregnant'.
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āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĒāĻŽāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāϰāĻž 'āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀' āύāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ 'āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀' āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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So, let's look at the board.
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āϏ⧁āϤāϰāĻžāĻ‚, āĻāϰ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāύ.
00:23
So, right up front, "She's pregnant."
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āϤāĻžāχ, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇, "āϏ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀āĨ¤"
00:27
That is how you would say it. And everybody knows what it means.
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āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϜāĻžāύ⧇ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĨ¤
00:30
"She's pregnant."
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"āϏ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀."
00:32
Down here are euphemisms.
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āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ euphemisms āφāϛ⧇.
00:35
So the most common one,
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āϤāĻžāχ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻ•,
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"She's expecting."
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"āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤"
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So she's expecting a baby in the future.
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āϤāĻžāχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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You can just say, "Oh, she's expecting," and everybody knows  what that means.
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ, "āĻ“āĻš, āϏ⧇ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇," āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϜāĻžāύ⧇ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϕ⧀āĨ¤
00:45
Very, very common.
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āϖ⧁āĻŦ, āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ.
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Number two.
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āύāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧁āχ.
00:48
"She's preggers."
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"āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰāĨ¤"
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So preggers is like a shortened form of pregnant.
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āϤāĻžāχ preggers āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŽāϤ.
00:53
It's less serious. It's kind of funny.
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āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŽ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ. āĻāϟāĻž āĻŽāϜāĻžāϰ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ.
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"She's preggers."
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"āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰāĨ¤"
00:58
"Eating for two."
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"āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤"
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"Eating for two," is she's got a lot of food on her plate.
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"āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž," āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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She's eating for her and she's eating for the baby.
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āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01:06
"She's eating for two."
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"āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχāϜāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤"
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These two are idioms.
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āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āχāϟāĻŋ āχāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĨ¤
01:11
So "Knocked up."
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āϤāĻžāχ "āύāĻ• āφāĻĒāĨ¤"
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"Knocked up," is a little bit negative.
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"āύāĻ• āφāĻĒ," āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ•āĨ¤
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In the past, it was used for somebody who's unmarried.
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āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϤāĨ¤
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So, "She's knocked up."
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āϤāĻžāχ, "āϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϟāϕ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤"
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The baby wasn't expected. She's not married. It's a little bit of a surprise.
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āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āϰāĨ¤
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So that wasn't a good feeling with 'knocked up,' but now people say it all the time.
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āϤāĻžāχ 'āύāĻ• āφāĻĒ' āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύ āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤
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So, "She's knocked up." It's not negative anymore.
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āϤāĻžāχ, "āϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϟāϕ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤" āĻāϟāĻž āφāϰ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
01:35
"She has a bun in the oven."
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"āϤāĻžāϰ āϚ⧁āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāύ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤"
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This one's kind of funny. So you need to imagine that the woman's body is an oven.
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āĻāχ āĻāĻ• āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϜāĻžāϰ. āϏ⧁āϤāϰāĻžāĻ‚ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚ⧁āϞāĻžāĨ¤
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And inside there is a baby. The baby is the bread.
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āφāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāĨ¤
01:46
It's a little bun, just a little bun. And it's going to grow.
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āĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāύ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāύ. āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇.
01:50
And babies grow, bread grows in the oven. So 'bun' is the baby 'in the oven', which is the 'stomach'.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϚ⧁āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ 'āĻŦāĻžāύ' āĻšāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻž 'āωāύ⧁āύ⧇', āϝāĻž 'āĻĒ⧇āϟ'āĨ¤
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So those are euphemisms for pregnancy. I hope they help you. I'll see you next time.
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āϤāĻžāχ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇.
āĻāχ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϏāĻžāχāϟ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇

āĻāχ āϏāĻžāχāϟāϟāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ YouTube āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻž āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ  āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŋāϤ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ™ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇⧎ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇, āĻāχ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ.

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