Comments on: The Washington Post investigates the origin of 'baby bump' http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:11:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Moms & Babies - People.comhttp://img2.timeinc.net/people/static/i/v4home/peoplelogo.pnghttp://celebritybabies.people.com20485 By: Don http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-449305 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:49:22 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-449305 I LOATHE this term. It irritates the very being of one with any intelligence whatsoever. It’s as if the tabloid-writing chimps take to writing children’s literature in their spare time, and are now crossing work with pleasure.
There’s nothing that makes me foam at the mouth with malice more than seeing a picture of some spoiled, washed-up silver screen actress/ pop singer standing outside of her overpriced car on a street corner, sporting sunglasses and staring, mouth agape, into yonder, as if in some kind of nirvana brought on by the sure-to-be- mutated hell spawn festering inside of her, taken while she was on her way to the bar to have a few scorpion bowls to wash down her coke (not the drink), and then home to have herself a three-way. These rotund cows use pregnancy to desperately cling to and advertise the concept of two things that they never will know: responsibility and sacrifice. The term “baby bump” being plastered all over the aforementioned picture merely amplifies the insipid horror of the situation.
Celebrity women should be spayed- for our sake, as well as that of the poor, poor souls who would otherwise end up being their children.

Baby bump- disgusting.

]]> By: Zoe http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-442195 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:02:39 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-442195 I don’t really mind “baby bump,” but did wonder why it just suddenly seemed to be everywhere in the media when just a few years ago I hadn’t heard it before. It does seem kind of silly and too cutesy, but there really doesn’t seem to be another expression to describe it that isn’t either too technical for a light-hearted tabloid article (as opposed to a medical journal or mom-to-be advice article) or somewhat rude-sounding. I wasn’t surprised to find that it seems to have originated in the UK; it seems like a lot of “Britishisms” are coming our way in the States since the internet has been such a unifying phenomenon.

“Preggers” is a term that just sounds like British slang, but seems to have a slightly racy or disapproving tone to it — as if you would use it to gossip about someone who probably didn’t intend to get pregnant and might be slightly embarrassed about it. But I’m not really certain that that is how it’s always used in Britain; perhaps it’s now very mainstream. That’s certainly the connotation that “knocked up” has in the US; no one I know would ever use that expression in the context of a woman choosing to have a baby and being very happy about it, unless it was just as a joke. As far as I ever hear it used, it’s only used by guys remarking on an accidental pregnancy — maybe confessing to be the perpetrator of said pregnancy — “She got knocked up…” or “I knocked her up.” That just sounds crude and I sure hope that doesn’t catch on as a mainstream expression for “expecting” or “pregnant.” It just sounds crude to me.

For the record, I’m a 49-year-old married woman, mother of one. I’m also a high school teacher, so I’m pretty inured to slang and crude language, although I don’t allow the latter in my classroom.

]]> By: Tiff http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-261915 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:12:58 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-261915 I absolutely HATE the term baby bump! So juvenile–Preggers doesn’t bother me at all though. Baby belly seems like a better choice than ‘baby bump’. Ugh, so annoying!

]]> By: Greg http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-261889 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:51:13 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-261889

Problem is, it’s not a bump. But I think the bigger problem is that people are fed up with the obsession of physical appearance and the pregnancy status of celebrities? For whatever reason, someone out there is obsessed with knowing if Celeb A is pregnant, and since no one will make an announcement, the media insist on blowing up photos to look for “bumps.”

It’s stupid, and some of are disgusted with the term because of its association with a stupid phenomenon.

]]> By: kemp http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-261890 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:44:17 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-261890

i LOVE the term “baby bump.” i first read it in a british magazine several years ago and i’m happy it’s caught on in the states. i HATE “in the family way.” i’m indifferent to “preggo” and “preggers.” i like “knocked up,” but it seems very casual to me. i wouldn’t say it to the queen or older family members! i like the french “je suis pleine” (literally “i am full,” but its meaning is “i’m pregnant.”) “expecting” is good. i also love “with child,” but it’s very antiquated!

]]> By: Elizabeth Morrison http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-261891 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:51:32 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-261891

Question for the site admin – now that you’ve heard so many of us say how much we can’t stand the term preggers (myself included), might you consider omitting the word from your future posts?

Sarah’s note: We don’t use the term in the first place (although obviously I did in this piece, per the point of the post). Are you a regular reader? I’m just confused because we don’t use the word.

]]> By: Emily's Aunt http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-261892 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:18:12 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-261892

I dislike the term “knocked up” although I enjoyed the movie by the same name…go figure!!

]]> By: poppy http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-261893 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:15:29 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-261893

I hate the term “preggers”. I just find it so ugly for some reason. I also hate when people call their husband “hubby”. I like baby bump though. That doesn’t annoy me at all.

]]> By: J.J. http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-261894 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:13:42 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-261894

I think saying that a pregnant woman has a ‘baby bump’ or ‘baby belly’ sounds really cute, but, saying that she’s ‘preggers’ doesn’t make any sense or doesn’t seem to fit. I think ‘preggers’ is the slang term for being pregnant.

]]> By: Danielle http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/03/04/the-washington/#comment-261895 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:05:20 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/the-washington#comment-261895

I dont mind the term baby bump but preggers drives me crazy.

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