Green’s Dictionary of Slang

preggers adj.

pregnant.

1942		M. Dickens One Pair of Feet 115: Let anyone mention in her hearing that they felt sick, and it would be all over the hospital that they were ‘preggers’ [OED].
1958		T. Capote Breakfast at Tiffany’s 75: But, after all, he knows I’m preggers.
1963–74		B. Humphries Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 98: The High Commissioner’s secretary’s got herself preggers.
1964		Times 4 Feb. 7: I would only offer my seat to a woman if she were carrying a baby, if she were preggers, or if she were obviously infirm.
1970		A. Sillitoe Start in Life (1979) 112: A girl at work laughed and said maybe I was preggers.
1982		H. Beaton Outside In I ii: Loop here gets herself preggars ... in the family way!
1986		C. Bowles G’DAY 44: Darlene is nine months gone, and Mr Foster is spewing about it. He's really dirty on her for getting preggers.
1988		M. Atwood Cat’s Eye (1989) 209: If someone is pregnant they say preggers.
1997		C. Newland Scholar 267: Sooo, if I am preggers, I need to know exactly how you feel.
2006		D. Mitchell Black Swan Green 260: She’s only in the club, ain’t she [...] Preggers!
2010		L. Redhead Thrill City [ebook] I’m sick of people treating me differently. I’m pregggers, not dying.
2012		C. Eble (ed.) UNC-CH Campus Sl. 2011.
2012		M. Lacher On the Bro’d 242: He totally got Isabel pregged up too.
2024		J. Meades Empty Wigs (t/s) 806: I sat at home with darling Oats... what if she got preggers... would I have the nerve to intrude on her right to kittens.