Thursday, September 1, 2011

EXTRA CREDIT: Euphemism

In An Interesting Condition

meaning: pregnant

Origin: In the 18th century, interesting has been used as a term for being pregnant. Women were considered to be in an interesting state and child birth was called interesting event. This phrase was used by the Hagerstown Torch Light, which was printed out in September 1846

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