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AIBU?

To want to obliterate the words 'bub' and 'bubba'

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jamoncrumpets · 19/04/2018 11:24

Particularly from the Pregnancy forum?

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echt · 19/04/2018 11:29

For post-menopausal reasons I'm not on that forum. It's widespread in Australia, where I live.

I detest it. Up there with little man.

Bleurgh.

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BatmanFlewAway · 19/04/2018 11:30

Yep I hate it but I hate little man more.

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User24689 · 19/04/2018 11:34

Yes all babies are bubs here in Australia!

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TrickyD · 19/04/2018 11:36

I don't mind it - anyway as far as our newish DGS is concerned.It seems to have become his name "How's Bub?", "Whart's Bub up to?" , "Hello Bub" .

Staying with them at the weekend I wondered aloud if he would still be Bub when he is an adult. Then it was pointed out that his dad, at 46, still answers to "Duck" , his own baby name.

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LovelySouffle · 19/04/2018 11:48

But where will I go to eat shrimp? Shock

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jaimelannistersgoldenhand · 19/04/2018 12:07

Hubby needs to go on your list too.

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LeighaJ · 19/04/2018 12:09

Only rednecks say bubba in the US, I've never understood why anyone would use it. Or sissy either.

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jamoncrumpets · 19/04/2018 12:10

Bubba, Bubs, Hubby, Hubs, Wifey - they can all get in the sea

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qu1rky · 19/04/2018 12:13

Bubs when I was a child was another name for breasts.

I can't help but smirk when I hear people calling their children 'tit' Grin

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happymummy12345 · 19/04/2018 12:15

I hate all forms of baby talk. There's no need for it at all.
I love little man though. Ds has been little man since we found out we had a boy when he was born.

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WhiteCoyote · 19/04/2018 12:16

Oh dear. Mine is both bubba and little man. Grin

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Fieau · 19/04/2018 12:19

I hate "babby" (bab-be?) drives me insane!!!!

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PavlovianLunge · 19/04/2018 12:21

Can we add nom and om nom nom to the obliteration list? And ‘this one’. And ‘cheeky’ anything. Angry

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DanceDisaster · 19/04/2018 12:23

Oooooh I’m not at all keen on bubs or bubba. Little man doesn’t bother me though. I call ds mister man for some reason.

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FloydOnThePull · 19/04/2018 12:24

My SIL bubba'd me in an IM this morning, I nearly cried when I saw it. She's a fantastic woman and I love her like she were my actual sister but I'm now thinking I might have to go NC with her. She gets the benefit of the doubt this once....

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DanceDisaster · 19/04/2018 12:25

And babby is fine to me too. Also ba. I think that may be regional though as I grew up in NI.

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jamoncrumpets · 19/04/2018 12:25

Om nom can fuck RIGHT off too

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jamoncrumpets · 19/04/2018 12:26

Also, my DS isn't a little man. He's 3. He's very very pre pubescent and still has chubby toddler hands. He's a little boy.

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Purplehammer · 19/04/2018 12:40

Sibling, why just why.
Would you introduce your sister/brother as “this is my sibling”
Even the sound of the word is awful.

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TrickyD · 19/04/2018 13:21

I agree that LO is dreadful, and Little Man, along with Hubby. Also Nan and Nanna, but this Granny hotly defends our Bub being just that.

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Fridasfridgefreezer · 19/04/2018 14:30

Little man makes me irritable.

Nom can fuck off.

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Mulberry72 · 19/04/2018 14:35

Group emails or text/Whatsapp messages or whatever that begin “Hi Peeps” absolutely boil my piss!!

What’s wrong with “Hi All/Everyone”? Angry

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Seafoodeatit · 19/04/2018 17:26

I hate all the weird twee language, I dislike it more so when it's adults talking to each other. We were at a NT property a few weeks ago and heard a woman in the car opposite ours say ' here are your booties baby'. I assumed she was talking to a child but nope it was a grown man, what kind of a name is that for bloody wellingtons anyhow?

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TheJoyOfSox · 19/04/2018 18:36

@Seafoodeatit this is totally off topic, but you’ve just reminded me of a when I referred to a couple as Mr & Mrs National Trust, the name stuck for describing anyone who looked let’s say vanilla, dull, unassuming or safe.
Until I got my words in a bit of a muddle and called someone Mr & Mrs National Front! Good job I was only talking to my DH.

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Bluetrews25 · 19/04/2018 20:13

I read the teaser for this thread on discussions of the day as 'annoying pet names - "how's Bubba?" '......and thought it was about my friend's (huge) pet dog's name, which actually is Bubba.Confused

I'm not a fan of 'nanna'
Bleurgh.

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