preggo
preggo adjective: pregnant.
Adjective
preggo (not comparable)
- Pregnant.
- “[…]how interesting is it to read that one out of every four Australian girls is slightly preggo before her wedding night? More American influences no doubt.”1967, Harry Roskolenko, The Terrorized, Prentice-Hall, page 57
- “Actually, being careless got me... preggo. And to tell you the truth,″ Melody said seriously, “not using a condom could' ve gotten me far more than just pregnant. […] ”1998, Suzanne Brockmann, Everyday, Average Jones, Silhouette Intimate Moments, US, page 67
Noun
preggo (plural preggos)
- A pregnant female.
- Michael Stivic: Come on, Gloria. No one, no one, is going to deny you your constitutional rights.1975 October 27, Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin, "Mike Faces Life", episode 6-7 of All in the Family, 00:20:32-00:20:44
- So we had a nice rainbow coalition of preggos and their mates — even one lesbian couple.2007, Philip Lerman, Dadditude: How a Real Man Became a Real Dad, page 56
Forms of preggo
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Origin of preggo
A clipping of pregnant + -o (“diminutive suffix”). First use appears c. 1951 in the novel Come In Spinner. See citations page.
Questions about preggo
- What does preggo mean?
- Preggo means pregnant.
- What part of speech is preggo?
- Preggo can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near preggo in the dictionary
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