"knock up" --usage

[Barbara Need]

>On Sep 19, 2005, at 7:46 PM, Baker, John wrote:
>
>>         I would say that it was mildly offensive and inappropriate,
>>but
>>not a hanging offense.  Although the phrase usually refers to an
>>unwanted pregnancy out of wedlock, it has been ameliorated in recent
>>years and now is used not infrequently to refer to pregnancy in
>>wedlock.
>>The first listing on Google for "knocked up" is for a Salon article
>>entitled "'So, why aren't you knocked up yet?' Since I got married,
>>everyone and their mailman has asked me this question."  IIRC, the
>>movie
>>Mystic Pizza (1988) included the line "I've only been married two
>>hours
>>and she wants me to get knocked up."
>
>Notice though that in both cases it's a woman complaining about
>others wanting them to be pregnant, which they (apparently) don't
>want themselves, so there's still some sort of negativity in the
>message.

Except that, unless it is a typo, the speaker in the Mystic Pizza
example is male. Can men be knocked up?

Barbara

Barbara Need
UChicago