to not want my child to say 'fart'?

[Chocolocolate]

or am I a prude?

I was never allowed to use this word as a child and used 'trump' instead.

I still don't like the word and would prefer my DH not to say it around my little dd as I don't want her to pick it up. DH thinks I'm silly.

Lol my mum used to call them love puffs.

My mum almost fainted when I referred to newborn DC farting. I was told I was very unladylike and to please refer to it as banging
And this from a woman who says 'it's a sad arse that cannot rejoice' upon hearing anyone fart bang

When you're raised not to use a word and told that it is a rude one, it is difficult to teach it to your young child as being acceptable.

Where/when I grew up, fart was a rude word - not cunt or fuck rude, but in the general hierarchy akin to saying bastard, arsehole, wank, bollocks etc. Which are perfectly descriptive words I think you'll agree but not ones I'd be comfortable hearing from children.

We would be told off at home or reprimanded at school for bad language if we used the word fart. Knackered was also considered to be swearing, pissed is another one.

So no I don't teach it to my DC because it sounds very wrong to me coming from the mouth of a child. It's nothing to do with being Hyacinth Bucket or repressed. Would you teach your child bollocks or arsehole instead of balls and bum? Why not? They are just words. But if you've been taught they are not NICE words then you pass that on, I think.

I am truly shocked, I honestly thought fart was a mild swear word

We called it 'passing' or 'breaking wind' in our family like, I had assumed, everyone else did. Funny thing is that swearing was ok in our family, so long as it was used in the right context. Example; sitting round the dinner table you might say (slightly annoyed) "did you have to break wind at the table?" 'Passing' wind is more polite, e.g. "sorry everyone, I just passed wind" or even "I have lots of wind today, I blame X Y Z". If, however, my brother sat on my head and farted in my face it was completely appropriate to say "DB has just farted in my face, dirty bastard"

I was allowed to swear at home (in context) and we do actually allow DSS, DS and DD to say fart around the house in jest but they know it is mildly 'naughty' and not to say it in public. We do also own a copy of this book which was bought as a light hearted gift for DS and I was always a bit at how rude it was!

My ex tried to get me to say 'broke wind' instead of fart. We are no longer together.

I like to give shapes to my farts!

thin and pointy if it is a squeaky one, square for a good loud one, and round for one that starts quiet, builds to a crescendo and fades nicely.

Pull my finger is hysterical!

Dh is quite fart averse, in the ILs house even the dogs "have wind" ....but after over 20 years he is less repressed, although will still more likely apologise than say "did you hear that?" like the rest of us.

neverquitesure, that wasn't directed at you, I hadn't seen your post when I typed mine!

So you're not dumping me then?

Disliking the word "fart" is, if you will allow me, bugger-all to do with Hyacinth Bucket-esque pretentions and just a dislike of a particular letter/sound combo. I hate fracking too.

My sisters kids (who are pretty lairy in general) call them fluffs, which mine seem to have adopted. They wouldn't get into trouble for saying fart though.

I think every family is perfectly entitled to have their own words for various bodily functions as long as kids do learn the proper terms along the way too.

My 2 yo calls it a poo poo trumpet.

Audible farts are always followed by - 'That duck's got bad breath' - in our house

I can't bear anything other than fart. Appallingly twee. All those fluffs,botty burps-just dreadful. Possibly as bad as panties. But no-one actually says that, do they?

Creaky floorboards?!

They are parps in our house. I dislike the word fart too and encourage the children here not to use it.

I have fallen inlove with you Catsmamma, Fart shapes. :o

It's called a fart in this house!

We say "poop" and we also say bottom as I really hate "bum" but when the time comes that DS brings home another word like fart instead, I will just have to get over it! Although I am not sure I can cope with bum, even though it's not a bad word, it just sounds awful coming out of a child's mouth IMHO (and that is not to say anyone else is wrong, I just don't like it!)

Trump is awful. We used to say fartle when they were tiny which we all thought was hilarious. We say fart now. But do try not to mention it TOO often

dh says 'sorry i trod on a duck'. Vile really

YABentirelyU. Fart is my all-time favourite word, partly, I think, because my mum wouldn't let me say it as a child.

I adore my mum, and I also enjoy her prudish 'TartyMcFarty' when I say it.

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I was not allowed to use fart, knickers, poo, wee, bum or belly growing up.

Beyond "rude smell" I'm not going to say the words my parents invented for wee and poo as I am convinced to this day that we were the only people in the whole word using them and I might out myself

I had an odd uncle who used to yell "GABRIEL BLOW YOUR HORN!" then do huge farts, Much to the delight of all us kids.

My mum used to be disgusted.

look all you anitI farters there is a sense of freedom that comes with being able to say the word FART! that just doesnt come with saying pop! trump! its a nice way of rounding off a sentence to do with FARTING! or to describe someone particularly boring as an old FART! or your colleaugue with breath that smells like FART! best of all you can just say FART! for no reason at all, it always break the ice in more ways than one.

Try saying it OP, repeat it to yourself and experience the pleasure of its power [SMILE]

'more tea vicar'

neverquitesure, he dumped me. Do you think we should talk?...

Is Fart a swear word?