Watch Your Language

There is a word people are using, not really knowing how offensive it is. Or so it seems.

As much as we are a family blog, please shield your children, I am about to reveal this word that apparently should not be uttered, or printed:

preg·nant

¹    [preg-nuhnt] Show IPA

adjective

1.

having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.

2.

fraught, filled, or abounding (usually followed by with ): a silence pregnant with suspense.

3.

teeming or fertile; rich (often followed by in ): a mind pregnant in ideas.

4.

full of meaning; highly significant: a pregnant utterance.

5.

of great importance or potential; momentous: a pregnant moment in the history of the world.

Those of you who read Mishpacha Magazine know the kerfluffle that ensued after they ran a thought provoking, heart wrenching, well done article about the pros, the cons, and halachachik outlook of the 20 week sonogram.  This invited a flurry of pearl-clutching letters, a mailbag full of "won't someone think of the children!!"  missives, and a lot of bewilderment on the part of a lot of people. However, there are people who knew about this. To wit: A sign at the local grocery for Kalei Tzom(pills that make fasting easier):

I got nothin'.