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2010-04-22 12:51 pm (UTC)
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It's British working class slang -
knocking off
...
Knocking up (also cognate) is exclusively used in the "getting someone pregnant" way now, not just the act itself.
(As in, Sam knocked me up - he either woke her up suddenly or got her pregnant. God, I love British slang...)
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Knocking up (also cognate) is exclusively used in the "getting someone pregnant" way now, not just the act itself.
(As in, Sam knocked me up - he either woke her up suddenly or got her pregnant. God, I love British slang...)