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My very first AIBU. <scared>

I cannot stand the term Little One or LO. Its a phrase that is creeping out everywhere. Its so ugh and cutsie and twee. They are children. We don't need a euphemism for child.

lo has been used for ages doesn't particularly bother me

I'm not terribly keen on it, but to start off with , all the abbreviations seemed bizarre.

I don't like when it's part of a screen name though! like mycutesyLOs. But that is VU of me.

I use it for the cat

Yes, sometimes it's a good alternative to DD, or DS, especially when posting and you can't be arsed to scroll back remember what OPs child's gender is.

thought I probably was. Ah well, don't mind being all grumpy by myself!

I hate it too,almost as much as I detest 'bub' or 'bubs'.

YABU LO is informal and affectionate, but then saying that, I can't stand 'kid'

But it's easier to type than children and I know that some people get irate about 'kids'.

I hate the word 'tots'. so twee...

LTBR, isn't that just regional though? Like babby?

I'm ambivalent about the term 'kids'. Don't like 'ta' for thank you either. (gets it all out of system)

It may be but it's still incredibly irritating imho.

Twee and irritating

Hate LO, Tots, DAnything.

HTH!

DH refers to the children as "the little 'uns" sometimes. And very deliberately says "'uns" rather than "ones". It gives me a strong urge to pinch him hard on the scrotum. It's so.... <does face like when people do fingernails on a blackboard>

(Disclaimer before everyone tells me to divorce him instantly - it is more or less the only thing he does that makes me want to pinch him hard on the scrotum)

Little one / little man / little 'uns
I don't really see what's wrong with them.

yabu

Haha you would hate me, me and my OH call each other bubbagumpington.

When I first read that abbreviation on here I had no idea what it stood for. Eventually worked out in my head it must be 'loved offspring', now I always read it as that.

sorry - just wittering- as you were.

OYBBK do you know what - i might have to disagree with you is that allowed ? I use it all the time. But mostly when I can't remember if someone is talking about their DS or their DD! Or if I don't want some-one to know I am talking about my DD specifically.

Thank God for this thread, had absolutely no idea what it meant on the other thread

What about when it stands for Loafing Onanist? Like, 'I hate my neighbour, he's always staring at my bedroom window, he's a complete LO'?

I've spent too much time here, clearly.

Aarrgh TOT is just vile. Fine when it refers to a small drink of whisky tho. LO is fine but now I can't get the loafing onanist out of my head.

Kids is the absolute worst. Children are not baby friggin' goats.